Doesn't anyone else think that this is seriously dangerous territory to be exploring in a public forum? Softmod exploits, all very well and good; They hide behind the Betamax shield, which is to say that they have uses which do not infringe copyright. This, however, is an entirely different kettle of fish. I can't see MS being at all happy about the development of a project whose only aim is to allow backups to be played on live - and lets not mince words here, pirate copies too.
The simple fact of the matter is that XBMC and applications like it are the "respectable face" of X-Box modding, and along with emulators, that's the main reason I modded my X-Box. Backups are an entirely more grey issue. As has often been stated in the past, there is simply no way to allow for the use of legitimate "fair use" backups which does not also allow the use of pirate copies. Naturally this tends to make the companies such as MS rather uneasy about modchips, exploits, and such things.
I'm not saying anything revolutionary here, just summing up the basics of "scene life" for a modder. I just feel that discussions of this nature are likely to incur the wrath of MS is a big way, since they are very touchy about their precious X-Box Live. Some forums have been closed, because the administration felt that those forums had become a liability. We don't want to become a liability, do we?
I'm sure that it's quite safe for this sort of development to go on "behind closed doors", in IRC channels and email and such, but the author has stated that the main reason he's happy to disclose the details of his strategy is because its teeth have been drawn. He also stated that he was not happy that his hacked XBE files became so widely disseminated.
What I'm saying is that in as much as this discussion is one of the more fascinating ones that I've read, consider the safety of the scene. Some things are best kept for hardcore sceners like you guys, and not for the plebs like me.
