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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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It's getting to the point where selling drugs is less of a risk! Not that I would, but I suppose one could always market LSD as a modchip for your brain...
Perhaps instead of buying protection in prison with the traditional box of cigarettes he can just give inmates warez'ed copies of Windows Server 2003 instead.
That every retailer in the USA was to be jailed for selling "007: Agent Under Fire"
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
I need to sell this old 12x CD burner. It tears right through Safe Disc. So let's see, $15 is a fair price.
$15 + $7 (UPS Ground) + $28500 (DMCA fine)
Ok, any takers?
Escape Pod Films: Sketch Comedy and Web Series
Why do we need the DMCA again? Oh yes, to assert our God Given Right to own ideas forever.
When the Iraqis realise what Bush means by freedom they'll wonder what all the talk of liberation was about!
All I want for Christmas is my Constitutional Rights
All I Want For Christmas Is My Constitutional Rights
Hardware stores such as Home Depot, Sears, and others were closed permanently today in reaction to a lawsuit brought by Anderson Windows, Pella and other window manufacters.
A Pella representative stated: "We have asked these stores to stop selling devices that are in violation of the DMCA in relation to our window products. They refused, stating that there are other uses for the devices in question, hence the lawsuit."
When asked what products and how it was related to the DMCA, they responded: "Windows are digital. They are either open or closed. When closed, they are a security device. The stores were in violation of the DMCA by selling devices called 'hammers' that could easily remove the security of the device."
(I'll leave the open and shut case jokes as an exercise for the reader..)
Slashdot is like Playboy: I read it for the articles
You sound like a nigger!
Apologies. I didn't remember I was speaking to a broader audience - it's just an everyday adjective for something that's stupid or brutish where I live.
Yeah, really.. It's like I went to bed one night, and woke up the next morning, and just touching my computer had suddenly became illegal. I turned on my monitors, and hit alt-tab to switch to my e-mail program to check my mail (I happen to be running Linux, which is now illegal because it violates the DMCA), and all of a sudden FBI agents crashed throw my window and came in through my door, handcuffed me and hauled me directly to prison and took all the money out of my bank account and took all physical property that I owned including my car which happened to have a Linux CD in it. What is the world coming to? The future looks bleak...
--Drunk as in Beer
Furthermore, slippery slope arguments are for dumb niggers that don't understand logic. I hope this guy gets a boyfriend soon so Slashdot won't have to suffer from his bullshit.