By Tony Smith for The Register.
This story has been reproduced with permission.
No more orders will be taken from today, the retailer said.
Existing orders will be cancelled and refunded.
It's all Sony's fault, of course, for using the courts in London
and Hong Kong to prevent Lik-Sang from selling PSPs to Europeans
fed up waiting for the handheld console to come through official
channels. This week, it emerged the English High Court had sided
with Sony and rules Lik-Sang's unofficial imports to be
unlawful.
However, Lik-Sang today alleged it wasn't just ordinary punters
who made use of its service – it named four very highly placed
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe executives it claims ordered
PSP-related products via its website. The company described the
list as a "who's who of the videogames industry" and it does, as
you can see from the Lik-Sang
website here.
Such sales allegedly go back to December 2004, more than nine
months before SCEE launched its legal action against Lik-Sang.
Lik-Sang didn't detail the extent of the named individuals'
orders or specify over what period the claimed activity took place.
Lik-Sang said if the service was good enough for them, it was good
enough for its consumers.
SCEE would not comment on the allegations beyond confirming that
it is looking into the matter.
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2006
