QUOTE(trey85stang @ Oct 6 2006, 01:13 AM)
says who? they instigate piracy... why should they be legal?
So do PCs, VCRs, DVRs, CDRs, etc... Then take examples of other crimes... you could make the same argument against things like guns, lock picks, etc... But they also have perfectly legal uses too. What's wrong with the people that just run Linux boxes? Sure, they may be primarily used for illegal activities, but, again, what about PCs? I'd wager that the majority of PCs in the world have illegal software, even if it's just a copy of WinZIP that is past the trial use period.
Also, modchips themselves don't do a damn thing. You could put one in your XBox as-is and it won't allow you to copy anything. It's the modified BIOS that does the circumventing. In fact, in the case of the XBox, you could just do a TSOP flash to get the modified BIOS on there without a modchip at all and do the copying. Again, it's the BIOS that does real the work.
QUOTE(snart @ Oct 6 2006, 01:43 PM)
Period. End of discussion. This argument has been brought up many times before. As you can see from the recent ruling with Divineo, the judges are not confused.
Please... judges are always making stupid decisions.