DC-area stores in Xbox raid
p2pnet.net News:- Three Washington, DC-area video game stores have been raided and two people arrested by US federal authorities for modding video game consoles.
US federal agencies raided the retailer and seized “circumvention devices, modified Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2 consoles, and copyrighted game software,” says the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
The stores are part of the “Pandora’s Cube” retail chain in shopping centers in White Marsh and College Park, Maryland, and Springfield, Virginia, says the ESA.
Two Pandora’s Cube employees were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and conspiracy to traffic in a device that circumvents technological protections measures, a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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modding - Government Raids DC-Area Stores Engaged in Piracy, Confiscates Assets, ESA, December 7, 2004
December 8th, 2004 at 11:20 pm
The article doesn’t say what bios were being added to the machines, and I couldn’t follow the link.
December 8th, 2004 at 11:45 pm
Go to Current News Releases —Entertainment Software Association Applauds Government’s Anti-Piracy Action—
But that won’t help much.
Cheers!
December 9th, 2004 at 12:54 am
They weren’t arrested for -modding- the sytems, it was for conspiracy to commit piracy. A little bit different. This tibit leaves out:
“Pandora’s Cube, Wright said, sold $500 “Super Xbox” consoles–modified versions of Microsoft’s Xbox video game console that had been altered to hold larger hard drives and play pirated games.
The modified consoles, some holding 15 or more games already copied to the hard drive, were on open display in the stores. ”
http://news.com.com/Officials+raid+stores%2C+arrest+2+in+game+piracy/2100-1043_3-5484122.html?tag=nefd.top
December 9th, 2004 at 2:33 am
“This tibit leaves out”
Wrong. Read the story. Its based on an ESA press release not CNET.
December 9th, 2004 at 10:07 am
They were not arrested just for modding the systems. I like this site but sometimes you go overboard with the stories.
December 15th, 2004 at 3:13 am
Yup