28th June 2003, 11:19 PM
I'm pretty sure that "a method that doesn't break the law" is "a method that doesn't break the law". It voids your warrantee of course, but that's not illegal... its not a chip! That's what's illegal about it... this doesn't do that so its legal, it seems. We obviously don't know the details of the process...
And modchips are illegal because of how they are mostly used for piracy. Sure, they also enable Linux and imports... but they are mostly for burned games. And Microsoft is trying to stop that by killing the modchip market...
And if somone releases a way to avoid the copy protection without using a modchip -- by just changing some circuits and using a new bios -- there'd now be a LEGAL way to get your system ready for burned games... which would not make Microsoft happy, to state it mildly. :)
And modchips are illegal because of how they are mostly used for piracy. Sure, they also enable Linux and imports... but they are mostly for burned games. And Microsoft is trying to stop that by killing the modchip market...
And if somone releases a way to avoid the copy protection without using a modchip -- by just changing some circuits and using a new bios -- there'd now be a LEGAL way to get your system ready for burned games... which would not make Microsoft happy, to state it mildly. :)
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