scully69 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 is it actully illegal to mod your xbox? although i dont condone piracy i do have a modded xbox and modded it at my own risk,to play back ups and imports and the likes so these chips xcutter i have are available easly so even though you understand installing one fails your gurantee is it acutly illegal to chip your own box ?your own property any links as to these being illegalmany thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iq_132 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 is it actully illegal to mod your xbox? although i dont condone piracy i do have a modded xbox and modded it at my own risk,to play back ups and imports and the likes so these chips xcutter i have are available easly so even though you understand installing one fails your gurantee is it acutly illegal to chip your own box ?your own property any links as to these being illegalmany thanks It depends on where you live. Certain countries, Canada, for example, have extremely lax laws on hardware modifications -- it's your hardware, you can do with it what you want. Generally, though, it is illegal to use mod-chips as they "bypass copy protections" a violation of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) which many countries/regions have a version of.Afaik though, mod-chips without the software included to actually bypass copy protections are legally in a gray area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scully69 Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 i dont wish to play copies i just want to know if actuly owning a chipped console is illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iq_132 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 i dont wish to play copies i just want to know if actuly owning a chipped console is illegal Always, yes. You are violating the EULA of the hardware vendor by installing unlicensed modifications to it.Will this get you jailed? No. Sued, it's very unlikely. Making money by modding other people's hardware can very well get you raided by the FBI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynvar Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 And so we sing "The land of the free..." my rear end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumanchu Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 legal/illegal,whole things a grey area.who cares everyone does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 the chip itself isn't the problem. its the modified bios that is the real problem, illegal no matter what way you spin it.you damn lawbreakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devia Eleven Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 If you are installing a mod chip to play backups, it isn't illegal. A backup is a backup of a game that you actually own, so only in that case, it is not. But you are still voiding your warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 In Australia it is legal if the intent is to get around region restrictions. But not legal if you intend piracy. Region restrictions have no legal standing here, and may be freely circumvented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iq_132 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 However, breaking the EULA is not legal. Though it's not like any company would do sh*t about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 However, breaking the EULA is not legal. Though it's not like any company would do sh*t about it.In any country (Bar possibly the severely unfree USA of late) liscence agreements on hardware you OWN have no legal leg to stand on simply based on the fact that a tangible item you purchase in a retail setting and are not RENTING/BORROWING can not have imposed limitations on what you may do with said item within the scope of the law. (ie; you obviously can't buy a PS2, and turn it into a makeshift pipe bomb) Then theres the issue of privacy. No company can tell me I can't turn their item, into another item, unless I'm reselling this modified item. Doing so at a personal level, is invasion of privacy in it's most basic form.ie; I can turn my Xbox into a toaster if I want....GTFO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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