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probably nothing wrong with that at all, but if you do it for your friends and charge them for it, now you are profiting off of it and that is what this guy is charged with.
Originally posted by badw0lf
reply to post by woogleuk
Just use a flipping PC ffs
"Oh I modded my Xbox and now it's 1/4 what a real pc would be.. I R teh roolestool rsum!!"
Man... I can upgrade my calculator by putting a 21" monitor on it if I was dumb and stupid enough, but hey, its just a little bit silly, when the real thing is already made.
I love my xobx/ps3/wii/wah wah thing with a toy console..
God its friggen funny...
Originally posted by woogleuk
My point is, these are my consoles, I paid for them, I will mod them as I wish, running XBMC or Linux isn't illegal, granted thats where the legal side ends, but still..........
Originally posted by woogleuk
reply to post by whatukno
The problem is though, as I have mentioned, and from modding them myself, it can be used for running other operating systems (Linux) and homebrew games, both perfectly legal. AND the XBOX further has technology which can't be circumvented (yet) that bans you from XBOX live as soon as you try to run a pirated game whilst online.
Originally posted by randomname
that's why i have a ps3. i can't stand that arrogant little nerd, bill gates, trying to control every piece of electronics in the world.
Originally posted by randomname
windows is garbage and he should be sued for releasing such a mediocre program that has probably lead to more computers being trashed than any software in the history of computer programing.
this is my third computer now because windows has so many holes that viruses can exploit, it's not even funny. if window were a car, their be 10's of billions paid in civil lawsuits for causing death due to criminal negligence.
on top of that to pay money to xbox live so it can use your paid internet service and your bandwidth to connect to someone elses paid internet service is just greed.
Originally posted by GhostR1der
Well now i'm going to take SKC, Verbatim, LG, Sony, Acer, Asus, Panasonic, Phillips, BenQ, Toshiba, Hitachi, Pioneer, HP and every other company that has ever made a CD or DVD burner for consumer use to court under DMCA charges. They enabled me to pirate things, just like this guy has. He hasn't caused any loss or unlawful action by modifying an xbox. its what others choose to do afterwards that could be unlawful and it's up to them.
Equality is paramount and mandatory at law. Those who don't know or claim their rights have none. Lesson: learn ya law!
UPDATE: Judge suspends Xbox modder's trial, admonishes prosecution
A California man on trial for modifying Xbox 360 consoles may not see a jail cell after all, now that a judge has suspended the trial and admonished the prosecution on numerous points.
"I really don’t understand what we’re doing here," U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez said, according to Wired magazine.
"Gutierrez slammed the prosecution over everything from alleged unlawful behavior by government witnesses, to proposed jury instructions harmful to the defense," Wired reporter David Kravets noted.