Xbox Modders Charged Under DMCA

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Xbox Modders Charged Under DMCA

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday December 20, 2005 @10:26AM from the subtlety-is-the-word-of-the-day dept.

JamesAlfaro wrote to mention a News.com article about a pair of game store owners charged with Xbox modding. From the article: "Jason Jones and Jonathan Bryant, two Los Angeles residents who own the ACME Game Store on Melrose Ave., allegedly sold Xbox game systems that had been modified by Pei Cai, of Pico Rivera, Calif. Cai allegedly equipped the Xbox consoles with modification chips and large hard drives to allow the user to copy rented or borrowed games onto the device for future playback. Buyers would pay from $225 to more than $500 for the changes."

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AAARRGG Pirates! by monster8 · 2005-12-20 10:27 · Score: 4, Funny

AAARRGGH them swanky pirates!
77 Games? by sbyrnes00 · 2005-12-20 10:35 · Score: 5, Funny

That's about 76 more than the number of worthwhile games available for the Xbox. They got ripped off. =)

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1. Re:77 Games? by Tim+Browse · 2005-12-20 20:19 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  They also have a variety of excellent non-Mario exclusives including titles like:
  Eternal Darkness
  Pikman / Pikman 2
  Zelda Windwaker
  Metroid Prime / Prime 2
  F-Zero GX
  Zelda Twilight Princess
  
  Yeah, but they're all just kids' games.
Re:Silly Law by thundergeek · 2005-12-20 10:39 · Score: 3, Funny

The DMCA is silly. Don't our Federal Agents have better ppl to track down? Like maybe the terrorists?

Nope!
Re:DMCA by dnoyeb · 2005-12-20 10:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Uhh damn! Looks like everyone has RTFA!?! I suppose the editors will have to take that into consideration next time they post a summary...
Re:Silly Law by Anne+Thwacks · 2005-12-20 10:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Hold on thar, good buddy...
Gamers and people who listen to music are terrorists in the eyes of the ??AA.

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In Other ACME News... by fohat · 2005-12-20 10:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Wile E. Coyote was seen leaving the same store with a sledghammer, an Xbox and a very large rubber band.

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Modding is ok with me. by GmAz · 2005-12-20 11:24 · Score: 3, Funny

My Xbox is modded, mainly because I am too lazy to get up and switch the game disc when I want to play a new game. But come on, pirate 77 games and sell it bundled. Ya, talk about someone that was slapped with a stupid stick a few too many times.

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Not So Different by Slant675 · 2005-12-20 12:48 · Score: 3, Funny

"DMCA" is just one letter away (and only moving that letter up one position in the alphabet at that!) from being "ACME" spelled backwards. There's gotta be a large conspiracy here somewhere! :p

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Re:Other mods ok? by SomeOtherGuy · 2005-12-21 07:52 · Score: 2, Funny

" Does this mean I can get busted for putting big chrome exhaust pipes on my Honda Civic?"

Only if you steal the pipes without paying for them. If you put stolen pipes on a ride that you have paid for, then the law of man has been broken.

If you pay for the pipes, then only the law of good taste has been broken.

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