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Man Convicted For Hacking Xbox

Posted by Zonk on from the thinking-big dept.

PipianJ writes "Remember the ruling in Britain which outlawed mod chips last year? BBC News is reporting that a man has been convicted of modding an Xbox and sentenced to 140 hours of community service, a fine of 750 pounds (about $1300), and the confiscation of his PCs and Xboxes." From the article: "The man had been selling modified Xbox consoles which he fitted with a big hard drive containing 80 games. 'This case sets a major precedent which marks a milestone in the fight against piracy,' said games industry spokesman Michael Rawlinson." Update: 07/04 22:12 GMT by Z : Updated to more accurately discuss the story.

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  1. Citizens of the UK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wake up ... your country is slowly being turned into 1984-land. So slowly you don't notice ... first CCTV at every street corner, then identity cards, then outlawing what you're allowed to do with your own hardware, to serve megacorporate interests.
    Try not voting a Bush-loving party in the next time round ... and we'll try and do the same in the US.

  2. Re:The point.... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 0, Troll

    Judging from the TONE of your post, I don't think you should be allowed to have sharp things, let alone a handgun.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

    --
    echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
  3. Re:Er, this is actually about boring old piracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck you: Slightly interesting comment
    --
    Annoying Fake Sig

  4. Re:Er, this is actually about boring old piracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What is with you fucking faggots sticking your sigs in all the time?

    What is with you fucking faggots modding those fucking faggots up?

  5. Re:Er, this is actually about boring old piracy by ikkonoishi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Huh I always thought that piracy refered to robbery committed or attempted on the high seas.

    I guess you learn something new every day.

  6. Wasted efforts meant to catch real criminals by ZombieChiefExecutive · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who gives a flying fsck that this guy sold modded Xboxen. The authorities should be out there catching dangerous criminals instead of being the thought police. I for one do not give a shit about some corporation's bottom line. Eat flaming death, you corporate mongrels!

    --
    James Buchanan
    Zombie Chief Executive/15th President of the USA
  7. Re:Er, this is actually about boring old piracy by MBraynard · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why? Because, dude, about the only reason to chip is piracy so when you say 'chip' you are at the same time implying piracy. I don't care about the typical slashdot Nerd who looks for any alternative explanation (MAYBE HE JUST WANTED TO RUN LINUX ON HIS XBOX@!!!!). Chipping allows you to play games burned on DVDs you download from the internets. That's why people do it (in addition to getting a hard-drive full of games.)

  8. Re:Blame the media and lazy submitters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    headline "Man convicted for running a distro of linux"

    in the story: "-CD through the skull of a apple fan boi."

    LOL!

  9. Re:Uh, aren't you leaving something out? by 110010001000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thats because you have never produced something worth copyrighting or patenting in your life.

  10. Re:Er, this is actually about boring old piracy by MustardMan · · Score: 1, Troll

    So, you've bought into the propaganda campaign of the **AA, forcing an inappropriate word to make a behavior seem more heinous than it is, and the guy who understands the REAL meaning of the word is the moron?