This is exactly what I was saying. Modchips are not designed for copyright infringement. They are designed so that people can use their non-EULAed hardware however they want.
There is nothing illegal about the modchip. There is no "illegal modchip." What is put on the modchip, e.g. a piece of software (often a Hacked M.S. BIOS which allows the playback of unsigned code) can be potentially illegal.
The games put on the console are not a helpful afterthought. It is the reason they were arrested. This is not the first arrest of this type. Here in Springfield, VA, quite a while ago, Pandora's Cube was shut down for the same reason. I think they were the first siege for these reasons.
Frankly, we are not looking at a DMCA thing here, we are looking at a case similar to copying a cd and selling it on your streetcorner, which is, and should be, illegal. Putting a big Harddrive and a modchip capable of replacing the BIOS is not, should not be, and is on the same level as putting an extra switch on your toaster which gives it the strength of TEN TOASTERS.
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This is exactly what I was saying. Modchips are not designed for copyright infringement. They are designed so that people can use their non-EULAed hardware however they want.
There is nothing illegal about the modchip. There is no "illegal modchip." What is put on the modchip, e.g. a piece of software (often a Hacked M.S. BIOS which allows the playback of unsigned code) can be potentially illegal.
The games put on the console are not a helpful afterthought. It is the reason they were arrested. This is not the first arrest of this type. Here in Springfield, VA, quite a while ago, Pandora's Cube was shut down for the same reason. I think they were the first siege for these reasons.
Frankly, we are not looking at a DMCA thing here, we are looking at a case similar to copying a cd and selling it on your streetcorner, which is, and should be, illegal. Putting a big Harddrive and a modchip capable of replacing the BIOS is not, should not be, and is on the same level as putting an extra switch on your toaster which gives it the strength of TEN TOASTERS.