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yamiangie
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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:11 pm
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Well at least they were actually committing the crime of modifying and selling the Wii's and not talking about how to preform the mod yourself. Which is also illegal.
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Cecilthedarkknight_234
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:19 pm
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| yamiangie wrote: | | Well at least they were actually committing the crime of modifying and selling the Wii's and not talking about how to preform the mod yourself. Which is also illegal. |
meh oh well i have tow modded wii's, I own what I buy so will do what I will them but that aside selling/promoting to sell illegal copies is not a bright idea or even selling a modded system, however I see them on ebay all the time. Speaking of which.. I wonder if there any modded psp's up
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mglittlerobin
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:24 pm
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Like they could get away with selling modified Wiis, once word got out someone was bound to notice.
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PlatinumHawke
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:41 pm
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| yamiangie wrote: | | and not talking about how to preform the mod yourself. Which is also illegal. |
Only in Japan. Jailbreaking your iPhone is legal in the States, so I would assume the same holds true to the Wii and any other console.
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Anymouse
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:12 pm
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It's debated whether it is actually legal, given EULA's and all the other bullshit around nowadays. Of course, I think the U.S. is at this time a little less nuts over corporate copyright, but that isn't necessarily true.
Tux Racer is the only way to be free.
That, and Frozen Bubble.
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1945113
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:19 pm
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| Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote: |
| yamiangie wrote: | | Well at least they were actually committing the crime of modifying and selling the Wii's and not talking about how to preform the mod yourself. Which is also illegal. |
meh oh well i have tow modded wii's, I own what I buy so will do what I will them |
The words I wish people in this world understood better. =o. I have a PSP with custom firmware and stuff and I got yelled at, even though the PSP IS MINE and I BOUGHT IT -_-.
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yamiangie
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:22 pm
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the jailbraking of cellphones is legal and that was a recent ruling it might not aply to all other consumer electronics. I know that Sony has gone after companies and people in the past for mods to get around region locks. There's something annoying about them being able to copyright or trademark hardware like that. it's like we've only played for the right to rent the device or something. Now all the outdated stuff like the NES we can have lots of fun and turn into toasters because they are no longer making those.
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mdo7
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:54 pm
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hm, I haven't heard about this when I look at Kotaku. Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft usually report on big crime like this, maybe I can show this to him via Twitter.
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Anymouse
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:58 pm
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| yamiangie wrote: | | There's something annoying about them being able to copyright or trademark hardware like that. it's like we've only played for the right to rent the device or something. |
The day may come when "This hardware is licensed not sold."
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jmaeshawn
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:02 pm
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I agree with the act of being able to modify something you legally purchased to do whatever I want.
However, I know Nintendo of America was going around doing raids on people selling modchips and offering modchip installation services a while back, so I also think these people should have kept it to themselves or maybe a few close friends, instead of advertising the softmods as a service to 500 people.
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enurtsol
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:36 am
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| PlatinumHawke wrote: |
| yamiangie wrote: | | and not talking about how to preform the mod yourself. Which is also illegal. |
Only in Japan. Jailbreaking your iPhone is legal in the States, so I would assume the same holds true to the Wii and any other console. |
Don't assume. The Librarian of Congress and the Copyright Office entertain proposed exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s anti-circumvention provisions only every 3 years. In other words, exemptions are few and far between. So unless explicitly stated, it's not exempt.
Besides, the Wii is so easy to mod anyways. Anybody could just do it. Why buy a pre-modded one for a fee? 
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egoist
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:09 am
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Yeah, that's idiot. Consoles make most money from the games not the platform. So doing it is like asking to go to jail, more so if it's Japan because their police got so much spare time.
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nhat
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:37 am
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| Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote: |
| yamiangie wrote: | | Well at least they were actually committing the crime of modifying and selling the Wii's and not talking about how to preform the mod yourself. Which is also illegal. |
meh oh well i have tow modded wii's, I own what I buy so will do what I will them but that aside selling/promoting to sell illegal copies is not a bright idea or even selling a modded system, however I see them on ebay all the time. Speaking of which.. I wonder if there any modded psp's up |
As long as you keep it to yourself and don't try to make a profit, they could care less what you do.
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Anymouse
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:07 am
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I don't want to go soapboxing, but I will say that this is part of the reason I am glad to have been a PC user. You can even run emulators to play whatever game you want. No one has to tip toe around when they Modify a PC. Even some Macintosh have expansion slots.
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enurtsol
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:08 pm
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| Anymouse wrote: | | I don't want to go soapboxing, but I will say that this is part of the reason I am glad to have been a PC user. You can even run emulators to play whatever game you want. |
Well, except current gen games, at least.
Though one could play emulators on the PSP and even PS too.
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