First off, for those that don't know, I'm not a fan of Sony.
I was looking at the Work Intranet and found a link to a page telling us that Sony had lost a court case against HMR&C, for the PS2 they brought into Europe between 2003 & 2004. They contested the demand for import duty. The rules were If it's a computer, there is no import duty. If it's a console, the import duty is charged at 1.7%. Sony claimed that the PS2 was a computer, and therefore not due to duty. The rules have now been changed, so neither pay duty, but Sony didn't pay the duty for machines brought in before the change. They also lost their right to appeal to the European court. They now have to pay 50 Million Euros in duty, plus court costs.
I couldn't help but laugh. I mean, did they really think they could convince intelligent people that a games console with no keyboard, mouse, monitor or hard drive could be classed as a computer. How stupid can you get? Just thought I'd share my amusement...
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