<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Andrew <<a href="mailto:keen101@gmail.com">keen101@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
What about Microsoft having restrictions over putting in MOD chips in<br>
Xbox's? It seems weird to me that they can make it illegal to modify<br>
the hardware you own. It's yours isn't it? Seems very strange that you<br>
cannot modify hardware that you own.<br></blockquote><div><br>Ianal, but aren't there some examples when you are NOT allowed to modify things even when you own them. Perhaps most deal with making it do something illegal. For example, you can't modify and a radio, CD or other device to do more than it's designed for (at least to a point) probably because you are infringing on the licensed air waves or something. Doesn't apple claim you can't modify the iphone - even though people do? Again, ianal but seems I've heard things like this. How that affects ms I don't know.<br>
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