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XBOX modders caught. Might be facing Prison time if convicted.
ark_ader:
If I buy a Xbox I can smash it with a hammer. I can open the case and reformat the HDD to use in my PC (why?) Or I can spray paint it. Callit a Ark_ader Xbox.
I can install one of those little chips inside and play backups of my games.
What I cannot do is reverse engineer/hack and copy actively marketed software (in its original distributed format) that I have not bought.
ChadTower said his deep convictions prevent him from even contemplating/using pirated software, even though he has been caught lying and found to be doing just that. He is a software developer. The horror! >:D
Be honest, truthful, and respect the law.....
And do what the heck you want inside your own home.
Simple. ;D
Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on December 08, 2010, 06:57:22 pm ---And do what the heck you want inside your own home.
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And some things are just better left untold .....
Well, at least not without pictures anyways. ;D
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on December 08, 2010, 06:12:29 pm ---Thank you. I guess I should use present instead of future tense. :applaud: (And yes. That is a typo. I'm teaching new software and I haven't worked out all the kinks yet.)
I'm sorry for the way you are Dartful.
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As you can see I point out this same mistake:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on December 08, 2010, 05:46:19 pm ---A case like this is only about illegally modding Xboxes, it won't expand to other products. Everything from DVD players to automobiles do fall under this sort of "protection". Do you really want to live in a world where it's legal to steal from you through a network component?
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I'm sorry you are confused by your own style of ramblings SavannahLion.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on December 08, 2010, 07:43:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on December 08, 2010, 06:12:29 pm ---Thank you. I guess I should use present instead of future tense. :applaud: (And yes. That is a typo. I'm teaching new software and I haven't worked out all the kinks yet.)
I'm sorry for the way you are Dartful.
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As you can see I point out this same mistake:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on December 08, 2010, 05:46:19 pm ---A case like this is only about illegally modding Xboxes, it won't expand to other products. Everything from DVD players to automobiles do fall under this sort of "protection". Do you really want to live in a world where it's legal to steal from you through a network component?
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I'm sorry you are confused by your own style of ramblings SavannahLion.
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The only confusion here is yours. Choosing to listen to mass media and hysteria.
mvsfan:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on December 02, 2010, 07:09:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on December 02, 2010, 10:25:17 am ---
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on December 01, 2010, 11:58:17 pm --- but I feel if you buy something, you can do as you please with it - up to and including modding. We all know the underlying intention of most people (yeah... backups...), but how can you assume anything without concrete evidence?
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I absolutely agree with ya on the freedom and modding part. I own it, it is mine to do with as I please.
But I would also like to note, coming from a father who has had kids destroy many a CD disc with scratches and such…long before XBOX360 either….I’m all for the true meaning of playing “backups”. ---fudgesicle--- destroying a $50-$60-$70 “game” just because the disc is scratched, or loaned it out to their buddies and they scratched it all to hell. Burn me a copy, let them play that one, when it gets messed up beyond playability, I burn me another one.
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For the record, I spoke tongue partially in cheek. I'm aware of the more legitimate uses for modding. Heck, I modded my old Xbox and never once did I play a pirated game on it - just emulation and some homebrew games. Conversely, I have a friend who modded his 360 and tells me how he downloads 10 games a week that he burns to disc. He thinks he's being clever; I think he's just really cheap. Most people I see with modded consoles, however, still have a store-bought library of games and use the mods responsibly.
But, as I see, my original point - about not assuming wrongdoing is taking place, or at least wrongdoing worthy of a criminal trial - was not lost on the more level-headed parties in this trial, thank God.
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the main reason that the sega dreamcast was a failure is because of people like this. Dreamcast came out a few years before the dmca was even heard of,
and almost as soon as it was released, chips were out for it. half the turds back then that i knew who owned one, wouldnt ever think of actually buying a game for it.
i never saw anything bad back in the late 90s about playing a nes game on your pc, because the system was already old and crusty when someone figured out how to do it.
i believe their is a line though, when something has just come to market and some doofus wont go out and buy it and support the publisher because he can make a copy. if you really like a new game, go out and buy it.
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