Xbox modder may get 3 years in jail!

[TopElimn8r]

I thought this was interesting.

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_new...r-could-spend-three-years-in-prison?gt1=43001

 

[YLWFVR]

This is the best part -

Among the judge’s host of complaints against the government was his alarm that prosecutors would put on two witnesses who may have broken the law.

One is Entertainment Software Association investigator Tony Rosario, who secretly video-recorded defendant Matthew Crippen allegedly performing the Xbox mod in Crippen’s Los Angeles suburban house. The defense argues that making the recording violates California privacy law. The other witness is Microsoft security employee Ken McGrail, who analyzed the two consoles Crippen allegedly altered. McGrail admitted that he himself had modded Xboxes in college.

 

[mustangjoe87]

This is ridiculous, the 360 basically copied the XBMC software that was used on modded first gen systems. I understand the piracy of games but the modding of the system who cares, you are only going to get a much sweeter system when a 3rd party starts to make these mods. Look at google with android software.

 

[adidasvette16]

That kid didnt do anything wrong, bullshit.

 

[Zarken]

This is the best part -

Among the judge’s host of complaints against the government was his alarm that prosecutors would put on two witnesses who may have broken the law.

One is Entertainment Software Association investigator Tony Rosario, who secretly video-recorded defendant Matthew Crippen allegedly performing the Xbox mod in Crippen’s Los Angeles suburban house. The defense argues that making the recording violates California privacy law. The other witness is Microsoft security employee Ken McGrail, who analyzed the two consoles Crippen allegedly altered. McGrail admitted that he himself had modded Xboxes in college.

On the upside, the case should be thrown out and the witnesses should serve time:

California's wiretapping law is a "two-party consent" law. California makes it a crime to record or eavesdrop on any confidential communication, including a private conversation or telephone call, without the consent of all parties to the conversation. See Cal. Penal Code § 632.