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Federal Agents Raid Homes for Modchips

Posted by samzenpus on from the throw-away-the-key dept.

Lunatrik writes "Invoking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, Federal Custom's Agents have raided over 30 homes and businesses looking to confiscate so-called 'mod chips', or other devices that allow the playback of pirated video games. This raises an important question: Are legitimate backup copies of a piece of software you own illegal under the DMCA?"

2 of 537 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Bogus question. by cliffski · · Score: 0, Troll

    if you are going to complain that its a police state because you cannot play pirated xbox games, I can only imagine that things aren't so bad there. people in real police states would be sickened to hear the term used to describe someone enforcing clearly stated, and widely known copyright law.

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  2. Re:Bogus question. by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You are an irrational idiot. No value in continuing this with you so I wish you luck explaining yourself to a judge sometime down the road.

    Have a nice day.

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