[CoLoCo] Live by the EULA Die by the EULA

Andrew keen101 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 5 01:59:37 BST 2008


What are the secondary reasons?

It still seems stupid, and like a violation of some sort of
constitutional right, that you really can't modify hardware that you
own. I mean, If I totally trashed a new xbox or something, would that
be violating the law too?!

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 4:59 PM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just an FYI:
> The primary reason for it being illegal to modchip an xbox is that it allows
> you to circumvent their copy-protection features (thus allowing you to play
> burned or pirated games).
>
> And seeing as how microsoft collects money for each copy of a game sold for
> their platform, they want people to keep buying games...  Oh, and it gives
> them more market share. : )
>
> (It's over-simplified, but that's the gist of it)
>
> -David
>
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