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Hackers sued for tinkering with Xbox games
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2005-02-09

In the first case of its kind, a California video game maker is suing an entire community of software tinkerers for reverse engineering and modifying Xbox games that they legally purchased.

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Hackers sued for tinkering with Xbox games 2005-02-18
D'Glenn (dglenn (at) radix (dot) net [email concealed])
"'hackers' is not the term to use either [...]"

Actually, speaking as one who usually decries misuse of that word, I think this is one of the few times the media are using it appropriately. These are not people who attacked, broke-in, stole, etc., they're enthusiasts creating and applying "hacks...

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