Earlier this year we reported that the Entertainment Software Association of Canada was seeking to jail pirates and target mod-chips.

Today, the ESA has praised the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and York Police Service for a recent raid on retailers selling pirated software at Pacific Mall in Markham, Ontario.

To quote: After a two month investigation, authorities seized...

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PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has shared this weekend's PlayStation Network video content update today, as follows:

Here are our this week’s new releases and top downloads for the Video Store. Also — in our largest featured collection ever, you can download movies, TV shows, exclusives and specials, all inspired by the sold-out Comic-Con.

Fans of DC...

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PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has posted this weekend's PlayStation Network video content update today, as follows:

Here are our this week’s new releases and top downloads for the Video Store. Also, check out this video celebrating Harry Potter, and relive the magic of the early years in this dynamic look back at the adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
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PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has detailed this weekend's PSN video content update, to quote:

Here are this week’s new releases and top downloads for the Video Store. This week we’ve added the following new content:

HD Movies

• Pulse
• Bachelor Man
• Daredevil
• Date Movie
• Date Movie (Unrated)
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On this Friday afternoon PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has shared this weekend's PlayStation Network Video Content update, as follows:

Here are our this week’s new releases and top downloads for the Video Store. Also, check out this trailer for the KILLER CUT version of the chilling re-imaging of the classic horror film “Friday the 13th.”

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Just over a month ago it was rumored that crime lords were running empires from jail via PlayStation consoles.

Today it appears some prison officials are taking no chances, and are banning inmates' PlayStation 3 consoles amid escape fears.

To quote: A prison has banned inmates from using PlayStation 3 games consoles because they fear they could be used in an escape...

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To say Heavy Rain is an ambitious title would be an understatement, and to say it isn't unique would be a flat-out lie.

What Quantic Dream is crafting here could turn out to be nothing short of an instant classic if all the pieces come together correctly.

It'll take IGN more than a single play-through to figure that out, however, as the game isn't designed to...

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A row has reportedly erupted between the Prison Service and the agency fighting organised crime as it is believed that jailed crime lords are using PlayStations to give out orders in the real world.

Apparently, they are using the interactivity of the system to continue their underworld business activities.

To quote: “There is other technology used — people...

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The Entertainment Software Association of Canada is calling for tougher copyright laws in the country, including jail time for pirates and the criminalization of mod-chips.

To quote: A bill modeled after the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the U.S. was introduced in Canada last year but died before it could be passed when the government called an election.

Grassroots resistance to the bill was strong, with critics claiming it was...

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Last we heard, the Pirate Bay trial verdict was due on April 17, 2009. That day is today and a Swedish court has jailed the four guys behind The Pirate Bay in the landmark case.

The Four men behind the site were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced by the judge to a year in jail. The group were also ordered to pay $4.5m (£3m) in damages according to the...

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