Attack of the Mod Squads

Attack of the Mod Squads
Mark Rasch, 2002-10-28

Game console mod chips can be used for everything from watching movies to installing Linux on your X-Box. But under goofy copyright laws, the piracy app kills all the others.

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ModChips and X-box 2002-10-28
Nicholas Weaver

You missed part of the point 2002-10-28
Anonymous (1 replies)

There are PS2 and XBox mod chips out there that have copywritten Sony/MS code on them and would have to be compiled by software that the modchip companies clearly don't have licenses for. Distributing an Xbox mod chip that contains a modified Xbox bios is as legal as distributing Xbox ISOs.

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Re: You missed part of the point 2002-11-07
Anonymous