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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
Another factor, which is Microsoft specific, is that a mod-chipped X-box DOES have substantial non-infringing uses (Linux Workstations), but this use significantly detracts from Microsoft's bottom line.

As the X-box costs money for Microsoft to produce, it is critical that X-box users also buy ga...

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