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- marx2k, on 10/10/2007, -3/+78I'd hate to be fined/jailed by a waste of taxpayer money for modifying my Xbox which is not even produced for mass market anymore just so I can put opensource homebrew software onto its' hard drive, back up my legally owned copies of games and generally do whatever I want with hardware that I purchased.
- FatHed, on 10/10/2007, -2/+71I hate the DMCA.
- geoken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+68This is great news. If allowed to continue, the Xbox/PlayStation modding scene would surely de-stabilize and destroy the civilized world.
- shad0walker, on 10/10/2007, -2/+45May i suggest that America ditches all the technology related laws it has passed in say the last 10 years and start over fresh?
- OBKenobi, on 10/10/2007, -2/+38That's nothing, a war in Iraq costs $300+ billion annually.
Immigration? I don't know. How about all those illegal aliens? How about the outsourcing? How about the gasoline prices?
Xboxes aren't even built in the US.
Mod the ***** out of these pricks, because they're robbing the ***** out of you. - doctorfungi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+35Mod-chips hate our freedoms.
- adenansu, on 10/10/2007, -2/+32its a "bloody computer" thats cheap and has excellent tv output and a large collection of open source software for it.
- Nicko9y, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26YOU'D THINK THE GOVERNMENT WOULD FOCUS ON FRYING BIGGER FISH
- SLeepdepD, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27I just heard about this on the radio...one question: wtf does immigration have to do with mod chips?
Article says: "Counterfeiting and piracy is estimated to cost the U.S. economy between $200 billion and $250 billion annually and results in the loss of up to 750,000 jobs according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce." - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22I lose patience with having to sit through the "red screen" in my own home every time I want to watch something from my library.
Now I get them in three languages.
And I love how they claim ownership of the intellectual property but disclaim any responsibility for the contents - in three languages. - Ebacherville, on 10/10/2007, -3/+21Yeah great country we live in where some one takes a crippled piece of equipment and unlocks it.. There saying if you had a car and found a way to tinker with it to make it get 200 mpg.. then your going to go to jail.
Oh wait, I can run a free fuel in my car and if they do catch me I will go to jail.. yes this is real.. its called homemade biodiesel.. welcome to America, land of the free!
Next linux will be illegal - Zera, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19You know, I've been a computer geek for a long time now, I've built 50 PC's and reformatted roughly 400. I understand what the DMCA is about, but I honestly have no idea why mod chips are illegal???? I have soft modded many xbox's because it is easier to do than the mod chip route, but to hear that people are being arrested for mod chips? What's next GLASS PACKS for riced out scions? I understand that some of the people consuming mod chips are using it to play games they didn't buy, but wouldn't THAT act be the one that is punishable? I've modded xbox's for nothing more than the purpose of having a very efficient media center, plus, the old xbox's are being thrown away by the thousands now days. $50 for a used xbox media center that uses 70 watts and would otherwise be in the trash is a wonderful thing. As far as mod chips go, wouldn't it be limited to the people selling pre-modded xboxs with 200 games on them? Wouldn't THAT be the DMCA violation??? Oh well, anytime a government tries to restrict something like this, usually it just draws more attention to it, and gets WAY more people interested, like Metallica did to Napster. And that, is a good thing.
- n00854180t, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17Indeed, clearly stopping this grave threat is far more important than investigating or prosecuting people involved in home invasions, bank robberies, murder et al. Think of the shareholders!
- merwin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Actually, it is a "bloody computer". As is the XBOX 360 and the PS3.
- tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Dear God, he's gone mad! *slap* Snap out of it, lad!
- Motocompo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Too bad the statistics are made up. They just like to inflate more realistic stats to make it look like something normal people should care about.
- geoken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16You want to give your current administration a clean slate to re-write tech laws? I think that may be a bad idea.
First law; any device which connects to the internet must have backdoors so we can remotely access all data on said device. Attempting, or even discussing, circumvention is a punishable offense. - tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Fundamentalist Modders are this generation's most evil enemy. This will be our grand war--the War on Geeks.
- bradym80, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Im surprised they didnt say this funds terrorism and promotes child pornography.
- elementalemcee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11If you can't open it, you don't own it.
- Smills, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11There is a mod-shop at most main shopping centers in Australia. Someone needs to challenge those laws in America, that is just ridiculous. You payed for the console yet you have to treat it like you are renting it? Ouch, I honestly feel sorry for you guys :( We have our fair share of crazy laws too.
- smurf22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10These mod chips ruin America! Those kids with their electronics, when I was a boy we had a paddle with a string.
- ThomasPaine23, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13Glad to see ICE has its priorities straight!
I mean XBOX mod chips are clearly a greater threat to this Corp^h^h^h^hCountry than
Terrorists, Illegal Aliens, etc... - lolhax, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9A couple of sites which have been affected:
http://otbmods.com/
http://norcalmods.com/ - sauron256, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Don't the police have better causes to put their resources to? Like, you know, fighting REAL crime???
- Urusai, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11To protect and serve...corporations.
- jeremyduffy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9This article is slightly bogus. Yeah, these guys were mod chip suppliers, but they got busted for game piracy. Mod chips aren't illegal. They aren't even wrong. We wouldn't have to use them if the stupid companies that put out these systems would just let us play imports out of the box (thank god ps3 finally got the point). They still won't let us play backups though, but I guess I can't blame them for that since mostly it's people who want to download games that do that.
- smurf22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8That one went right over your head didnt it?
- mbthompson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8agreed, we have the worst intellectual property laws on the books in the world
- stolenisotope1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Bool-*****! Next thing you know, you buy a house that you cant fix yourself or modify without asking the creators to do so.
- RenaChan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9FTA "Illicit devices like the ones targeted today are created with one purpose in mind, subverting copyright protections," said Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in a statement.
So let me get this straight Homeland Security is now arresting Americans and not terrorist like they are suppose to be doing. I feel real great about this so whats going to be next for Homeland Security? - igraham09, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8WHAT!? WE'RE HAVING A FISH FRY?! WHY THE ***** WAS I NOT INVITED!?
- iceman0113, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8You'd figure these ***** would have something more important to focus on than a bunch of modchips. FFS, modchips should be the least amount of worries on anyone's list at the moment. Quit wasting taxpayers' money and actually do a real job, I think people are pretty safe from modchips.
- Murdats, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I dont want anarchy. I actually want big business to be controlled.
I mean if modding is a crime there, then you got some ***** up laws, and thats because big business has been allowed to get stupid, self serving laws, uncontrolled. - bennybot44, on 10/10/2007, -8/+14HOLY ***** ITS NOT LIKE THEY HAD KIDDY PORN O ***** I BETTER DELETE MINE
- vikingscool, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8I will boycott Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and ESA! I will not playing video game anymore. I will throw away my
games now! - BlackCow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I didn't even know mod chips were illegal! Its just a computer part!
- wolferz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6as was the nes and the genesis, and the Atari and commodore 64 before that.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Yay for modchips being legal in Australia :)
- geoken, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I heard a group of mod-chips raped and beat a woman because she owned property and drove a car.
- mbthompson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6So what you're saying to me is that an original Xbox, which no longer has games created for it, whose games are extremely cheap if bought used, a console that isn't making money for game publishers anymore...
You are saying that the primary purpose in modding an original Xbox is to steal games? You obviously haven't thought this one through. - piratearggghhh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I modded my first xbox - it was great since besides being able to "backup" games, it ran Mame etc., XBMC, etc. I know what I did was wrong and at best, in a VERY gray area, but It was incredible. Puts Wii and its virtual console to shame. The new 360 mod is straight up pirating and getting the banhammer from XBL just isn't worth it - esp with so many great online games coming out - including one 4 player co-op FPS i'm looking forward to.
- TechCF, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Those numbers are again based on the fact that each copy is a lost sale - thus not correct
- dfeifer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4We actually had someone around here taken to court, and fined big time for tax evasion. He also had to pay back taxes. All fuel taxes.
- VeganG, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Ah, reformatting, the answer to every little Windows issue.
- Zera, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6But shouldn't it then be that act that is punishable? Like I said, I've soft modded a handful of xbox1's and I can guarantee that NONE of them are being used to violate any sort of copyright. They are running xbmc, which is the most efficient media center there is. So, while I may agree with you that many people are using the chips for what you say, it doesn't mean everyone is. I mean, c'mon, console games are pretty much bottom of the barrel when it comes to gaming anyways. I liked Halo when it first came out in 1996. When it was called Quake 1.
If we let government start restricting things that are often used for crimes, then where do you draw the line? Cars can be used to drive over people. Stairs can be used to push people down. - chogie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Even if your hard of hearing, CAPSLOCK wont help you.
- sweetlikeyou, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4stopping the people who profit from selling these doesnt make any sense. By that logic they would be able to stop anyone trying to make money by selling a computer they built or repaired or added to.
- mbthompson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Holy *****.
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