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Modding game consoles is, in fact, a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Note: Don't post pirated products, unless you want to garner the attention of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office (ICE) and the Entertainment Software Association (as Crippen did).
Federal prosecutor Mark Krause told KPCC that Crippen had advertised his consoles online. When ICE agents raided Crippen's home in May, they recovered over a dozen modded Xboxes, PlayStations, and Wiis. Robert Schoch, ICE special agent in Los Angeles told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, "Playing with games in this way is not a game -- it is criminal." Crippen was released on $5,000 bail and faces a maximum of ten years in jail.
After the raid, Crippen was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of violating the DMCA, each of which carries a maximum of five years imprisonment. Harsh, but perhaps not the "ridiculous" affront the online community is sobbing about. [From: NBC Dallas-Fort Worth and KPCC]
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Subscribe to commentsMillersonAug 5th 2009 11:04AM
America, "land of the free" - ROFL! You are the land of a corporate fascist dictatorship, fools. Step on their toes, and your life is toast.
MikeeAug 5th 2009 1:13PM
I don't care about people modding their own consoles, but this dipshit deserves the punishment he gets for advertising an illegal enterprise. What a douchebag.
iamnotitAug 10th 2009 5:59PM
I don't see why it's criminal to mess around with something you paid for but I do see why it would be illegal to make a business out of it and try to profit. I say if ur gonna mod systems for people do it for free! lol
margrekDec 8th 2010 2:09PM
He should be punished and fined. It's fools like him who get away with hacking, and continue to disrupt the livliehood of those who work at an honest job. No one should be allowed to hack into any computers or software of any kind. It's dishonest, and only creates massive troubles for others. Including the government. He has absolutely no integrity, who would ever want someone like him working for them? I wouldn't trust him, ever. Punishment, jail time, fines. Do it!!!