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- islingt0ner, on 10/10/2007, -3/+87A MODDED XBOX? Domestic terrorist.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+53I hate numbers like
"Sales of counterfeit or illegally obtained games costs the industry about $3 billion a year globally, not including Internet piracy, estimates the Entertainment Software Association trade group."
These people still have yet to realize just because i downloaded a copy of Dead or Alive Xtreme beach volleyball DOES NOT mean i would have ever purchased a copy... - Chicken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+48I can understand businesses but homes? what a waste of resources.
- Andrew626, on 10/10/2007, -0/+39Forget guns and drugs, he flashed his firmware, GET HIM!!
- mishaco, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36isnt there a " war on terror " that the government is ( or was ) interested in winning ?
- jkizzle, on 10/22/2007, -5/+33they should just go back to cartridges, nobody made copies of those things, NES 4 EVA
- negativefx, on 10/10/2007, -6/+34I'm still waiting for a decent ps3 game to justify buying a modchip
- Electrox3d, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27ummm... isn't that illegal to raid a home for electronics? what if they raided homes that just had all the pieces that made up a mod chip that potentially could be put together to be installed to play copied games? Its not illegal to own such hardware.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25Here in Australia those 'devices' are completely legal, as they don't actually let you copy the games.
Sony got well and truly bitch-slapped by the courts when they went after the modders here. - brianoh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23doesn't the federal gov't have more urgent, pressing matters to waste our tax dollars on? like fixing the pothole that i have no choice but to go over every single day, twice a day, when i leave/reenter my house? gad.
- j0keR, on 10/10/2007, -7/+29Welcome to the corporate police state.
- keppj0nes, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Did a big video game company contribute money to these investigations or something? Why aren't these agents investigating something legitimately "threatening"?
- netkid91, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Which is retarded, if I want a mod chip in MY xbox, that I PAID for so I can run XBMC on it, dammit I will!
- j0keR, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17If I hired a goon squad to break into your home or business I would be a criminal. Tell me why this is tolerated in a supposedly free country.
- bhattsan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15half of the games you mentioned arent even out yet
- acarr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14nothing is illegal for the federal government anymore. Have you been sleeping for the last 7 years?
- nalt777, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12the worst thing in the country are pirated games?... i thought there were things like terrorist or something, but that´s ok, let´s chase the children that paid half the price for a video game...
- Mearn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12No....they were 256 Megabit, 32 Megabytes.
- dustysquareback, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Sure, but that's not the point. They are making "examples" just like the RIAA suing 9 year olds. It's all theatre.
- mynameisryan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12They can go ahead and try to raid my house. I will simply whip out my blades of chaos, press L3 and R3 simultaneously in order to release the rage of the gods and destroy every federal agent in sight. I took back athens, teh FBI is nothing.
- j0keR, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11So how were the business owners that were selling mod chips stealing from anybody? It sounds to me like they're offering goods or a service that's in demand. How is somebody modifying their own console or using their modified system to play pirated games subtracting wealth from anybody? The police are subtracting wealth to do these raids, possibly damaging and stealing property in the process, yet they're allowed to because they have a badge? And what gives Microsoft the right to command the police to do their bidding? Society is getting sicker by the minute.
- leo78, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11intellectual property is not the same as physical property you dumb ass.
for example-
-I'm not gonna buy a Honda so I steal one. The owner of the car no longer has use of that car. -- this would be stealing
-I'm not gonna buy a crappy $60 game so I download it. The owner of the game still has use and profit making capabilities of their game. ---- this is copyright infringement (not the same as stealing) - skyfire1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11***** them. All of my systems are modded. They'll never find me because the internet is huge. Good luck stopping everyone Feds.
- bhattsan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11I'm still waiting for that ps3 modchip...
- acarr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9well I didn't read it yet.
- jerbroc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8"Illicit devices like the ones targeted today are created with one purpose in mind, subverting copyright protections,"
Wrong
The reason i bought and xbox is to put in a mod chip and run XBMC, i have never played a game on my xbox - pigfister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7great to see tax payers money going to catch murders, rapists and other serious crimes! next they will be targeting under age drinking or cannabis posestion just to get criminal arrest statistics up!
- Pyrogen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I'm sure the Federal Government's Immigrations and Customs Enforcement will get right on that. Complain to the people who are responsible, like your public works department?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8keep on raging against the machine.
- CraigJ, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Hey ICE, instead of worrying about modded XBOXes, how about taking care of the 50 or so illegal aliens that hang out at the Home Depot?
- leo78, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Just because something is a law or against the law, that doesn't make the law correct.
- leo78, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8They didn't steal anything. They were selling mod chips. Do you know what you are talking about?
- orlyfactor, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9yo dude, the caps lock key is on the left.
- pegisys, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8all but one, actually
- VeganG, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Don't these fall under the category of "10 legal uses for every 1 illegal use?" I don't know of a single mod chip or device that ONLY enables pirating. Then again, that defense never stopped P2P programs and Torrent sites from getting shut down.
- majordannyboy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I love the math on this, $3 billion lost each year on this. Well if there was no piracy at all then games would be cheaper (that is what they tell us) and there for these companies would never see the net increase of $3 billion. So what is the big freaking deal? if consumers are willing to purchase games for $60+.
Also on a side note I love the quote:
"Illicit devices like the ones targeted today are created with one purpose in mind, subverting copyright protections,"
I guess backing up games is "subverting copyright protection". Oh well if I paid $60+ for it then I should be able to back it up so I can continue to play it even if the original disc gets scratched. - acarr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I'm sure they would, but they are expensive to manufacture compared to a plastic disc
- philconow, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6obviously he doesn't
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I actually still have my writable SNES cartridge, not sure if still works though.
- Blazekun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Which also makes a VCR illegal to own.
- brossatscu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5"Illicit devices like the ones targeted today are created with one purpose in mind, subverting copyright protections," Julie L. Myers, assistant secretary of Homeland Security for ICE, said in a release.
So I guess you can't use mod-chips to run games you develop yourself for fun? Or to play a backup copy of the disc that your dog chewed on? Maybe if gaming companies actually sold me a LICENSE to own the game so I could just order another copy for $5-10 when my dogg chewed the crap out of a game, I wouldn't have a need to make copies. - cplkai, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7I think they just went in to sell them on eBay.
- jscnet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Another example of ridiculous govcorp ridiculousness. Seriously. Use the monkeys to fight real crimes, like drug dealers, rapists, murderers, sex offenders, corrupted politicians (which should cover most of the people we see in the news.) Video games; just cracks me up. Guns pointed at people and probably some kids for making a copies of a video games. The feds are hard at work protecting Sony's and Microsoft's insane profits. Meanwhile a 14 year old just purchased meth down the street and 16 year old prostitutes herself, while another is raped. I don't recall where in the law books it says the feds can be legally used and my tax dollars spent on protecting the profits of corporations. Can someone please reference that for me?
- leo78, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Gotta love it! The FBI answers to Bill Gates!!!
- chicoer2001, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4While this is going on, thousands of illegal immigrants are still in the country.
- moocow1452, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This IS the war on terror, dingus. When the pirates win, the terrorists win,
Now sit down and start downing your Kool-Aid. - Xerokai, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I backup all of my pc software by making copies and ISO images of the software I buy. I don't have a modded system (It always seemed to be a bit risky with all the soldering and such) but If I did get a mod chip it would be for that same reason. I don't have a need to pirate games or software but that doesn't mean that protecting my investment by making copies of software for PERSONAL use should warrant an FBI raid. It just goes to show how people can take one use for something and then say "Illicit devices like the ones targeted today are created with one purpose in mind, subverting copyright protections," without bothering to list any of the LEGAL benefits such a device can have.
This is along the lines of taking a can of green beans and saying that it can be opened and the sharp lid can be used as a murder weapon. Then I "forget" to mention that the can keeps any perishable contents that are sealed within fresh for years and provide an easy way to store lots of food stuffs without the need for refrigeration. See I can do it too, I'm as smart as the FBI.... - salinemist, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Our government has infinite resources for going after it's own citizens for something as petty as this but sending illegals back over the border is an "impossible" task.
- Xerokai, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Yeah but more likely then not the DMCA was written by lobbyists and then given to all indebted politicians for immediate push through and approval. Seems that with enough money you can even buy your own personal laws.
- JonnyTrombone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I saw a Nintendo DS PassMe at Walmart the other day- maybe the FBI should shut them down...
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