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XBOX modders caught. Might be facing Prison time if convicted.
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: atomikbohm on December 02, 2010, 04:23:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on December 02, 2010, 03:22:26 pm ---There is nothing that requires a company to replace your product due to user damage.
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--- Quote from: atomikbohm on December 02, 2010, 01:09:19 pm ---How does my back up copy of my legally purchased game protect my investment? (i.e. how do I get my game replaced?)
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By "replaced" I was refering to the problem of being allowed to create 1 copy that you can't use. So if you can't use your copy. Where are you going to get a copy you can use. After all you are entitled under the law...
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All they'd need to do is start a procedure where you mail back your damaged disc and you get a new one. Problem solved.
Of course, they'd rather you buy another one. Thats why they don't.
SNAAKE:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/crippen-dismissed/
yeah...
guessing they wanna get even more evidence of this horrendous "hacking crime" and get some more homeland security and stuff. maybe jack bauer will step in and cap a knee or two lol..
jennifer:
These machines are capable of much more than most, guidance systems for example. Is it any wonder homeland security is involved?
Donkbaca:
yeah, they send you a replacement disc for 20 bucks, and its only for games MS actually publishes
DaveMMR:
--- 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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