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"BeaglePig" <BeaglePig@notreal.com> wrote in message
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> Ahhhh, and where did you get this information??? specifics please?
>
> Modding your own Xbox is perfectly legal, you own it, you can rip it
> apart, solder it, use it as a door stop, have it make coffee, whatever.
>
> Backing up your games is perfectly within your rights according to fair
> use.
>
> Now show me where the above is illegal or even immoral.
Check google for "Circumvention of copyright material" for your own country.
The only countries so far to have declared modchips legal are Italy and
Spain. UK brought in the law back in October of last year and makes the
selling and/or installation of modchips illegal.
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act of USA also forbids the circumvention of
copyrighted material.
Check also ELSPA
http://www.elspa.com/piracy/legal/cdapa1988.asp
You may backup your games, but by chipping the console to play those games
you are breaking the law. One of those double-edged swords.
I am not bothered at all by people backing up their games, its when people
tell blatant lies to hide their piracy which I have a problem with. If they
want to steal then thats their lookout, but it brings the groups into
disrepute as you can see from this thread.