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patented arcade technolodgy NO ONE ELSE HAS!
shmokes:
Modding consoles pretty clearly is a violation of the DMCA. The DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent technological measures put in place to protect copyrighted works, even if the purpose of the circumvention was not to infringe copyright. Of course SNAAKE's primary purpose is to infringe copyrights and everyone including him knows it. If it weren't for that purpose he would have no market for his service. But it's neither here nor there because the law makes SNAAKE's purpose irrelevant.
Not saying that I don't mod consoles and pirate games. I'm just saying that I break the law when I do either.
saint:
Well so here's a perspective. I want to mod my Wii console, so I can play backups of the games I've purchased. I 100% genuinely mean that. Frankly I don't play the Wii, but my kids do and they're forever leaving discs out and scratching them up. If I could load the games onto backup media or onto a hard drive and just run them from there I'd be a happy parent. As is I have to repurchase damaged games or have the kids do without. I have zero interest in piracy.
What's the DMCA stand on that?
HaRuMaN:
DMCA would say that is illegal.
Ginsu Victim:
And I say who cares, do it anyway. A hard drive to backup your legit games is much better than letting the kids scratch up those expensive frickin' games.
CheffoJeffo:
Haven't we all seen enough of these auctions that we know they are illegal and full of crap and have no need to post them here ?
And then to dis folks who point out that if you live in a glass house, stop throwing the rocks?
And if you are fat, then you should be on a treadmill ?
Wait, wat ?
And, yep, saint ... that is one reason why Canuckistan in on the dirty list of bad copyright countries (aka the Special Priority 301 Watchlist).
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