Sony forces Lik-Sang.com to close

Apparrently Lik-sang.com (a Hong Kong based e-store who ship a wide range of gaming paraphenalia for free) have been forced to close as a result of Sony bringing a lawsuit against them. Here’s an automated response I received overnight from a sales enquiry:

THIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMAIL, YOUR REPLY WILL NOT BE SEEN.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Sadly, Lik-Sang.com had to close its virtual doors on October 24th of 2006 as a result of multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. At the time of this writing, you can find information about this happening on http://www.lik-sang.com

As an unfortunate consequence, the email that you sent will not and cannot be read and/or addressed.

As of today, 24 October 2006, 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. If you had an order pending, you will soon receive a separate e-mail about cancelations and refunds.

Lik-Sang.com wishes to thank all customers and supporters for everything. It’s been a great decade. Thanks to people like yourself. We’re going to miss catering to you. It was not up to us whether to continue or to get ousted though.

With warm regards,
All the best!

Lik-Sang.com

Other references: Slashdot post on Sony’s initial action in early August