Sony Kills Famous Importing Website

[Final]

Important Notice: Lik-Sang.com Out of Business due to Multiple Sony Lawsuits

Originally Posted by Lik-Sang.com

Hong Kong, October 24th of 2006 - Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London (England) rendering Lik-Sang's sales of PSP consoles unlawful.

As of today, Lik-Sang.com will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all existing orders that have already been placed. Furthermore, Lik-Sang is working closely with banks and PayPal to refund any store credits held by the company, and the customer support department is taking care of any open transactions such as pending RMAs or repairs and shipping related matters. The staff of Lik-Sang will make sure that nobody will get hurt in the crossfire of this ordeal.

A Sony spokesperson declined to comment directly on the lawsuit against Lik-Sang, but recently went on to tell Gamesindustry.biz that "ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible with either PS1 or PS2 software; will not play European Blu-Ray movies or DVDs; and will not be covered by warranty".

Lik Sang strongly disagrees with Sony's opinion that their customers need this kind of protection and pointed out that PSP consoles shipped from Lik-Sang contained genuine Sony 100V-240V AC Adapters that carry CE and other safety marks and are compatible world wide. All PSP consoles were in conformity with all EU and UK consumer safety regulations.

Furthermore, Sony have failed to disclose to the London High Court that not only the world wide gaming community in more than 100 countries relied on Lik-Sang for their gaming needs, but also Sony Europe's very own top directors repeatedly got their Sony PSP hard or software imports in nicely packed Lik-Sang parcels with free Lik-Sang Mugs or Lik-Sang Badge Holders, starting just two days after Japan's official release, as early as 14th of December 2004 (more than nine months earlier than the legal action). The list of PSP related Sony Europe orders reads like the who's who of the videogames industry, and includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited), just to name a few.

"Today is Sony Europe victory about PSP, tomorrow is Sony Europe’s ongoing pressure about PlayStation 3. With this precedent set, next week could already be the stage for complaints from Sony America about the same thing, or from other console manufacturers about other consoles to other regions, or even from any publisher about any specific software title to any country they don’t see fit. It’s the beginning of the end... of the World as we know it", stated Pascal Clarysse, formerly known as the Marketing Manager of Lik-Sang.com.

"Blame it on Sony. That's the latest dark spot in their shameful track record as gaming industry leader. The Empire finally 'won', few dominating retailers from the UK probably will rejoice the news, but everybody else in the gaming world lost something today."

Even more reason to say this

FUCK YOU SONY

[Nexus is Mental]

Sony you fucking cunts. I seriously hate you. It's beyond me why people still like this stupid fucking company, all they've done in the past months is annoy people, I havent heard one good thing about Sony or theyre waste of money console.. at all.

FFS. I used Lik-Sang quite alot they had such an awesome website. Gah

[FIF3]

Are you joking me? Holy shit, why would sony do this now, of all times? Especially when the PS3 is about to be released, I believe this will have made sony loose a lot of buisness... MS, FTW!!

[lI AL3X Il]

Sony is a bunch of ass holes i really think there shitting thier pants on how much then Wii and 360 have on them so thier getting as much money as they can by sueing people or doing whatever they can to stay in the gaming buisness, dont get me wrong the PSP i think is the best portable video game system to date and they make good TV's and Stereo's but i really think that they should just pull away from the video game industry to not lose money or go out of business.

[F3AR ChaRLie]

Originally Posted by lI AL3X Il

Sony is a bunch of ass holes i really think there shitting thier pants on how much then Wii and 360 have on them so thier getting as much money as they can by sueing people or doing whatever they can to stay in the gaming buisness, dont get me wrong the PSP i think is the best portable video game system to date and they make good TV's and Stereo's but i really think that they should just pull away from the video game industry to not lose money or go out of business.

I second that as well.

But isent sony in a huge amount of debt already??? If this PS3 goes under who knows what will happen to them....

There video cameras are not half bad either lol.

[RedMorning]

nah, nintendo still rocks the most for hand held units (imo), watching a movie on a screen smaller than a chinese orange is just blah =p I never really liked sony that much, gaming wise ive never, other stuff its been alright. down with sony :P

[Darkstar]

I'm not going to lie, i have had my deal with sony, i used to be a big fan until i got into xbox, Resistance is the only thing that is making me want a Ps3, other than that I hardly ever look at a sony product. Its a shady move, its a dirty move, and it didnt need to happen.