Massive Mod Chip Raid Sweeps Nation

[ish420ism]

Do they also realise that modchips are NOT just for pirating, its so we can unlock a consoles full potential in homebrew which goes over no copyright
laws.

True. I love homebrew on as many gadgets as possible. Especially my NGAGE. Too bad it flopped commercially

[mmochel]

I for one do not have any current modded console. All of my modded units are no longer in production, it is insane to say that using a chip to play old games that are no longer made and nearly impossible to find is bad. Especially considering that the companies who made the games for them are not getting anything for the old used games anyway.

[naruto777]

My friends are moving to mexico. What are you all getting mad at? They have every right to call this illegal. They are losing billions of dollars.

[XioN980]

theres only one thing for all of you to do. Move to Australia where they are still legal MUAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

[Eyedunno]

I can't wait until the lawsuits hit. There's no way they can prove that the only purpose of modchips is circumventing copyrights, because it simply isn't the case. I can name three important uses just off the top of my head, though I'm sure there are others:
1) Unlocking regional restrictions to use software/movies from other regions (which may not even be available in the U.S.)
2) Allowing homebrew
3) Allowing the use of backups (protected under Fair Use Doctrine)

Customs must have a team of monkeys directing this, since no decent lawyer would see any chance of winning this. Odds are that the true motivations come from companies like Sony, that know they can't win, but still pressure government agencies into these raids in the hopes of pushing some "unapproved" small businesses under.

Shame on these business criminals.

My friends are moving to mexico. What are you all getting mad at? They have every right to call this illegal. They are losing billions of dollars.

First of all, they're pulling that "billions of dollars" figure from where the sun doesn't shine.

Secondly, it's not really "lost" revenue, it's revenue they're not earning. I could stand to make trillions if I could find a way to charge people a dollar a day for sunlight. Does that mean I'm "losing" trillions of dollars because I can't charge people for sunlight? Call the police!

Thirdly, just because something causes somebody to "lose" money in this way doesn't mean it should be illegal. Sewing machines put most professional tailors out of business, but so what? The government's case rests on an assertion that modchips exist for the purpose of violating copyright, which anybody with a third grade education can prove is not the case.

[SilverDesertRain]

I just ordered a cyclowiz V2 on 31st of July from Divineo US and still waiting for my shipping confirmation. Shipping is outside US.
What will happen now? Will it be cancelled?
Any suggestions...

[Taris]

Only in America. Yea, leaving the country looks better and better every week.

EDIT: Question: Would they have seized goods in transit, stuff people have already paid for?

[mcdougall57]

im glad these are not illegal to have in the uk and its just illegal to download or have copied games

im just glad i got my wiinja deluxe early before they started

and by the way they will not see a spike in revenue or get any of the supposed lost money back because the pirates generally were not going to buy the games in the first place

[irishwhip]

im glad these are not illegal to have in the uk and its just illegal to download or have copied games

im just glad i got my wiinja deluxe early before they started

and by the way they will not see a spike in revenue or get any of the supposed lost money back because the pirates generally were not going to buy the games in the first place

type "modchip" into wikipedia.

Sony v. Ball UK High Court June 2004 in the UK, it was found that Modchips were illegal devices.

http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup...2004/1738.html

[jerrt]

yeah, this news sucks. i'm still convinced that they have more imporant things to worry about. and don't try and feed me that, "they can do this while working on the harder stuff" line. if it is a raid for modchip sellers, they aren't looking for drugs and running across modchips.