[HIB]Australian ban on PS3 hack extended to September 3

A temporary ban on the sale of the PS Jailbreak device, a USB stick that overrides PlayStation 3 security and allows game discs to be copied, has been extended until Friday, September 3 when a Federal Court hearing will take place. PS Jailbreak overrides the PlayStation 3's notoriously tight security setup and lets users rip games from their retail discs, installing them directly on the console's hard drive. Though this allows for faster loading times, it also opens the machine up to the threat of widespread piracy, depriving game developers of a financial return on their work, in the same way that the PS Jailbreak manufacturers are threatened by the expected emergence of copycat gizmos, should the crack remain unpatched by Sony.

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