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Man Jailed for Selling Modchips
JoeCotellese writes "The Register is reporting that the man accused of selling Mod chips for the X-Box was sentenced to five months imprisonment and a $28,500 fine." Yet another sad abuse of the DMCA.
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Get on down, haughty brits. Microsoft 0wnZ j00 too. It is only a matter of time before the jeering goons in your parliament start milking the cash cow that is the microsoft lobby. Boooooooooo Booooooooooooo How long before the PM's Questions become an MS Circle-Jerk. We don't throw your tea in the harbor anymore, we tea bag your sleeping government with the hairy balls of capitalism.
First off, you are buying software. The Xbox has a Windows 2k(ish) kernal in it. Not to mention the BIOS and such. The companies have a right to protect that.
Second, Car makers do limit what you can do with your car. If I add proformace parts to my new Ford I void the warentee. So they are saying, "if you due this, your on your own".
What the consol manufacurers are saying, is "I don't want you to do this, cause it could cost me money". Ford dosn't lose anything if I add a turbo to my Focus, but Microsoft losses if you by a Xbox and never by any games, cause your to busy playing with linux.
What Microsoft sold you (at a loss) was a video game player, thats it. Any you agreed, by purchacing it, to only use it as a Video Game player.
Manufacturers have the right to dicated how there products get used if they want to. And you have the right no to buy them. It's not like your harmed if you can't play Halo!
Businesses have to protect themselfs, if they don't then the economy dosn't work.
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