RE: One word... Moronic.

["Mal Lansell" <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

When Sony won their anti-modchip case last year, I was under the impression
they only won because their was no alternative legitimate use for a chipped
PS2.  The ruling didn't apply to Xbox, and the reasoning wouldn't have
applied in any case because of the demonstrable alternative (non-piracy)
uses for a modded Xbox, such as Xbmc, Linux etc.

I think the wording of the report on the BBC site is wrong - that's why
Bald
Bouncer et al have been able to continue selling Xbox mod chips even though
they've had to drop the PS2 line.

Mal


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Ward, David
Sent: 05 July 2005 10:32
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] One word... Moronic.


Does this mean the likes of Baldbouncer will have to go?
I can't see how they can continue to trade


Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) [mailto:haweste@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 July 2005 10:24
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] One word... Moronic.


I completely agree with you Ian. Was the guy supremely arrogant, or just
completely stupid to think he wouldn't be caught for selling illegal copies
of games via the 'net ? As for the sentence - it's laughable. 140 hours of
community service for perhaps one of the most clear-cut cases of software
piracy? Completely ridiculous.

All this case has served to do is push the XBMC scene further underground
:-( It's sad.

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Lowe
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4650225.stm
>
> And that could be applied either to the idiot who sold modded
> Xboxes, *WITH GAMES INSTALLED* and the court system which
> seems to think that the problem here is not the piracy of the
> games, but the modification of the console. This guy is an
> absolute textbook case of piracy - selling copyright material
> for money - so why is the modification of the console the big issue?
>
> How many of us here have modded Xboxes to run XBMC and act as
> a media centre?
>
> Personally, I don't play a single xbox game - it's a cool bit
> of hardware, nothing more. That I could be charged with
> "circumventing copyright protection" when I have no interest
> *whatsoever* in doing so is just plain infuriating.
>
> The sooner this ludicrous situation with regards to "piracy"
> and "copyright" is sorted out the better - it's out of all
> proportion to what any sane person would consider fair.
>
> Ian.