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@Special Agent Steve when recording orchestras and choirs in a music hall the mics are hung from the ceiling. They could walk around and not disturb the sound. Or they could be filming from a crane with a zoom

@PedoJokerBear there is not an email sent. you have to go back to where you registered to obtain the license key to download the update to your console. They then authorize your console for the update. You can do this for up to 3 xboxs

I have a feeling that at first the original will go down in price, but it actually has the potential to raise in value too since more people will have knowledge of the game.

wonder if they are updating the graphics and giving you the PC wallpaper that came with the original. Man I miss those extras hidden on adisc when put into a PC

@acefondu
It would be better if they did not mention the console he used since this is not a case from Microsoft. It is a federal case and he violated the DCMA "It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM) that control access to copyrighted works."

Fact of the matter is he broke the law and probably would have been fine if he was not trying to profit on breaking the law.

Not saying the fine is or term is right, but if you break a law there is consequences.

@Marco le Polo
Nice!!!
Only problem is Microsoft is not the one charging him.

@acefondu
In a way he is like China by changing the console to do functions it was not intended for.

Also you mention cars. There is a limit of what you can legally do to a car and that is governed by state. Try having people pay you to remove seat belts and see what happens

Not too sure why they are just saying Xbox since they also said he had been doing for the Wii and playstation as well

@acefondu
If he was just modding for himself I do not think he would have been in this situation. Even if he had hundreds of pirated games for his personal use I do not think they would have gone after him. The fact that he was making a profit on doing something illegal is what he is charged for. Wired has a good link to this. Also did not realize this is a pretty old case from early 2008 just coming to court

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2009/08/crippen.pdf

@Daruna

Actually they are saying we spent time and money creating this product that we do not want to be backwards engineered in China to create a lame system all based on the hard work of other people.

Sold out already :(