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Man Arrested for “Jailbreaking” Wiis, Xboxes and PS3s

burglur2Wired reports that a 27-Year-Old man was just arrested for making it possible to play ‘legal backups’ on several of his patrons consoles of choice. Apparently not all of the several of 10s of 100s of people who solicited his help to unlock their consoles were so discrete to hide this was done. He’s probably one of those guys who advertises on craigslist.com to ‘unlock your Xbox’ for you. He faces up to 10 years in prison. A little harsh I’d say.

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Posted by on August 4, 2009 at 10:43 pm
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  1. Commander Tim Said, August 5, 2009 at 5:49 AM

    Ah, the DMCA strikes again. Gotta love those outdated black and white laws from the 90s.

  2. Madaracs Said, August 5, 2009 at 8:03 AM

    I think it’s dumb they arrested him for modding them. If he was playing copied games he didn’t own– that’s a different ball of wax.

  3. Commander Tim Said, August 5, 2009 at 12:23 PM

    DMCA makes circumventing any form of encryption or copy protection used on a device illegal. Sucks, but until we convince the lawmakers that DRM robs consumers of their rights, that’s the way it is.