California Student Arrested For Console Hacking

[vatomalo]

I give 100% right to Retro rom, and add that this is capitalism in its true forms, ohh and about the dude saying he will get off for good behavior in about 2 months or so, well he never should have been there in the first place! ohh and about pirating and downloading, here in Norway we have no such law, or no one enforces it, and then comes a company from the US and takes our internet provider to court!

now that's free country for you!

[XDelusion]

You know... it was under Bill Clinton's reign that this constitutional violation was put into place. I don't think Clinton was the actual brain child behind it, just as Obama is not the brain child behind many of the things he him self supports, but...

Anyhow, the point being is that this is EVIL. If they are going to send people to jail for merely hacking hardware, imagine what they will do in the future when man will need to hack technology just to have a voice in the repressive face of Big Brother/Sister!

They are tying our hands and yet the masses do not see...

...certainly we are entering into a reality where 1984 and Brave New World are the blue print.

[kojiro7]

why they dont go to arrest any drug dealers or sellers.....

[VampDude]

Haha, that's just bad luck...

I've actually thought of buying pre-owned Wii's and then enabling homebrew (or just downgrading) then re-selling on eBay at a profit or a loss depending on if people wish to play homebrew related applications but have no idea how to set it up themselves.

[dcdood]

i can see i guy giving away Free bootlegs at a dirt cheap price being illegal!

what was illegal, doing it or doing it for money?

[VampDude]

i can see i guy giving away Free bootlegs at a dirt cheap price being illegal!

Homebrew - Not illegal, mainly because many people wish to code for their consoles but don't have the experience to be employed by the big companies... But much of the homebrew is for emulators, which allows people to play older games that they cannot otherwise play because many of the older games weren't released on a large scale as today's games and some classics can be quite expensive.

Piracy/Bootlegs - Illegal, because copying is stealing and selling stolen property is an offence which can later rely on a fine.

People often get the two mixed, or don't know the difference... I think you don't know the difference?

what was illegal, doing it or doing it for money?

Doing it (modifying a console) - Not illegal, unless the reasons are for piracy.

For money - Also not illegal... But rather than money, I would rather trade for another service (or an item) as no cash trades hands thus making it not illegal to modify someone else's console. Personally I've modified two consoles other than my own, but not for money though I received thanks which is enough.

[XDelusion]

Copyright helped destroy the mom and pop business, not to mention drive in the cheaply built over produced factor. We don't need it.