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eightbit:

--- Quote from: Magnet_Eye on March 03, 2003, 06:11:21 am ---you know whats interesting...i read that MS bought Connectix...so, now they are in the Emulation game, and a competitors console nonetheless!

hmm...makes you wonder what the motivation is.

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Not to hard to figure out where the motivation is. Either they'll take the best of Connectix and incorporate it into their products or they bought it to shut it down.

Brax:
It's illegal....... guy gets arrested.
What's the problem here?

Someone likes their piracy too much.

nipsmg:
That's not NECESSARILY true.

The DMCA (which, in my opinion is the one of then WORST pieces of legislation EVER passed.. WAY too broad.) makes illegal something created for the sole purpose of circumventing copyright protection. However, if an item has LEGITIMATE USES other than piracy, then the device itself cannot be deemed illegal.

Example: VCR's, Cassette tapes

The movie & audio industry freaked when these became widely available, allowing people to make copies of their media. Sure, VCR'S and Casette tapes can be used to pirate movies & audio tapes, however, they have other legitimate uses, such as backup, creating mix tapes from tapes you own, etc.. so these devices are not illegal.

Mod chips can also be used to allow you to use backups of your media that you legally bought (which is SUPPOSED to be a guaranteed right, but the DMCA is helping companies stomp all over this), and can be used to allow you to develop homebrew software, or use your hardware in a different way than intended.

When you buy your x-box, there's no law saying you can use it ONLY for games, and that's it. It's now YOUR hardware that you can do with what YOU WISH.

Now.. don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that people really use Mod Chips MOSTLY for legal reasons, because I'm sure a lot of people don't. However, owning, creating, or using a Mod-Chip really ISN'T illegal, unless you pull the DMCA card and try to twist the law.

The DMCA really should be repealed, revised, and re-passed. I have NO problem w/ companies wanting to protect their intellectual property, however, I do when it comes at the cost of fair use laws.

--NipsMG

SirPoonga:
Yep, it's like saying mame is illegal, no mame is not.

Brax:

--- Quote from: SirPoonga on March 04, 2003, 05:11:53 pm ---Yep, it's like saying mame is illegal, no mame is not.

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Nope, it only encourages illegal activity.

Is it inherehently destructive because of that? Probably, but no one here would admit it.

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