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August 5, 2009 at 01:17 AM
dhcdbd

Jailbreaking a Playstation, Xbox, or Wii can bring criminal charges.

by dhcdbd . Updated 16 years, 11 months ago

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/tech/Cal-State-Student-Faces-10-Year-Prison-Term-for-Playing-with-Video-Games-52386872.html

For modifying a device to accept another manufacturer software, isn’t it a little stiff to bring Federal charges? Isn’t this an abuse of law and also of fair use of the device you bought and wholly own?

Besides, just what is Immigration and Enforcement doing arresting an American citizen at an American University for a domestic accusation. Is this a case of government gone wild?

Notice that the article stated that a dozen machines were confiscated, made the accusation that they could run pirated software, but did not state that any pirated software was found when a search warrant was executed.

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