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DR House--]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
this.]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
What are you, ten?

Just because you can download something, doesn't make you an international bad boy. Once you sell a kilo a day, you might be a badass.
]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/So don't be surprised when companies stop making any games due to piracy or start making special formats for them which can't be ripped or burnt.]]>Aug 5th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
Damn! I was going to rate you down, but this scared me off.

Moron. Try doing something productive with your life. We don't want to have to support you when you grow up.]]>Aug 5th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/]]>Aug 5th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
Dont like it? Stick to PC games]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
Clinton signed it into law.]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/]]>Aug 5th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
I did not at any point deny ever pirating a game. I simply stated that not every console mod is illegal. When possible, I avoid using pirated software, which includes the Firmware/BIOS replacements that are so abundant these days. Your advocacy of the "Aargh..." way of life is simply immature. Theft is theft, even when disguised by clever sayings. Oh, and not all pirates wear eye-patches. Plus the peg-leg thing I have been hearing about is just impractical... Parrots are fun though, I want a parrot.]]>Aug 5th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
Hell of a place, this country.]]>Aug 4th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
I'm sure keeping him in the lockup for 10 years, then destroying his rights afterwards, is SUCH a victory of justice. I mean, I'm sure it'll make us a LOT safer while murderers, rapists, and molesters are released everyday because there isn't enough room in prison and because of our pushover "justice" system. ]]>Aug 4th 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
If I bought a console I can do whatever the hell I want with it as long as it doesn't hurt anyone - I can crap on it, I can eat it, and yes I can modify it or give it to somebody else to modify if I don't have the know-how and am willing to pay for it.]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
You're worst than them. Who said he copied games? Did you read that somewhere? Tell what in the world can't be modded? Aren't most of the Presidents hardware modded, from his car to cellphone?

I'll just stop, shit like this get on my nerves. ]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
It is not fair that you can keep saying stupid things and not get low ranked but don't worry i'll fix.]]>Aug 4th 2009 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
One, if you cant put 16" rims on your own car, you sir are a moron

Two, you license pretty much everything that isnt physical these days. The data on a disk, the firmware on a console, etc. You could "modify" the console by painting it or whatever. However, modifying the SOFTWARE violates the EULA. Add in the fact he was modifying it for others for the sole purpose of enabling software piracy...

You cant really justify that. ]]>Aug 4th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
So please don't pull out the old "I bought it therefore I can do whatever I want with it" line - you did not buy the software, and therefore you are not allowed to do whatever you want with it.

Apart from everything else, the DMCA says - if you do anything (anything at all) that circumvents a protection system (DRM included) then you have committed a crime IRRESPECTIVE of a) how you broke the system, b) whether the system was any good, c) whether the system involves DRM or not, d) whether you own the hardware parts or not, and e) your intentions in circumventing the protection system (with some exceptions ... that this guy most definitely cannot claim).

If people were applying mods that achieved certain effects WITHOUT breaking the DRM system, then I'd have a different view. But no-one does! All modding is done to break the DRM. If you disagree with that, then tell me - how many mods are you aware of that do something, yet don't break the DRM? Yeah, exactly - none. And one wonders how hard the authorities would crack down on modding that didn't involve DRM-breaking and piracy ... I suspect that they would care far less about that.]]>Aug 4th 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Maybe not for putting 16" rims on, but seriously wtf would you put 16" rims on, a Smart FourTwo? On another note, get that same mechanic to cut your cat out of your exhaust or fudge a smog test and see what happens.

On a second note good to see ICE made the country safer by locking this guy up. He has really a threat to the American way of life, not like those big wigs in big business that are raking in hundreds millions of dollars in bonuses just so they don't go to a competitor.]]>Aug 4th 2009 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/
This is a foolish argument to make, and I will explain why. The likely or common usage of an item should never dictate whether it is legal to own because it sets precedent for many applications of that same logical process that are seriously flawed. Unfortunately, the DMCA is precisely this kind of flawed legislation and there are many other examples of it.

Consider for instance, the fact that the vast majority of licensed car drivers will drive above the federal speed limit at some point in their lifetimes. This is clearly breaking the letter of the law (with the exception of fuzzy speed limits in Montana). Should all cars sold in the United States be required to have speed limitors? No, because cars can be used on private property. Also, the ability to drive above the posted speed limit when necessary could save someone's life and would then be a much more important consideration than the minor infraction of speeding. The likelihood that someone who owns that model of car will (at some unknown time) speed on a public road cannot influence laws pertaining to the design of that vehicle's maximum speed without infringing on personal freedom (and personal responsibility which is inseparable from freedom regardless of what the liberal propaganda machine wants you to believe!).

Chip modding has other legitimate purposes; the simplest example would be the educational experience from successfully modifying an electronic system ('learn by doing'!). This 'tinkering' has always been a very valuable process of learning for engineers, scientists, and inventors of all disciplines. With a continued increase in the complexity of systems, and continued (asinine) increase of laws that prevent us from learning from tearing those things apart... we will face an increase in college dropouts and reducing number of engineer and technical major enrollment. There is already a significant trend away from technical degree programs because they take longer to complete than other majors, and it will get worse.]]>Aug 5th 2009 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/@ all the idiots who subscribe to DMCA school of thought:

Many people mod their consoles so they can play grey imports of games, or play games on an imported console. Nothing illegal in obtaining grey imports or playing them. I think it is a highly common use for modding, I think many people will agree with this.

The console manufacturers and the games manufacturers may not like it (for obvious reasons) but tough.

Long live hacking.
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@Monkey with Glasses - You don't have to say he copied games, the fact that you have modded the system (an act that you typically only do to avert copyright mechanisms) is enough to draw that conclusion. That's like catching someone with all the ingredient and equipment to make meth, all placed within a 5 foot proximity ready to be used, and trying to assume they're NOT making meth.]]>Aug 5th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 4th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/04/console-hacker-arrested-faces-up-to-ten-years-in-jail/Aug 5th 2009 6:56AM