Selling Mod Services illegal?

Discussion in 'Xbox 360 - Modding & Hacking' started by luminati, May 13, 2009.

  1. luminati

    luminati Member

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    Say i theoretically wanted to sell a service online (say craigslist) to flash xbox 360's in exchange for a monetary compensation. Would that be illegal (Kentucky, US)? If it is illegal does anyone know of a time that police have cracked down on it?
     
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    I advertise on craigs list for modding but i dont just come right out and say modding i advertise as xbox 360 repairs and havks and focus the ad on that rrod, disc errors, e74 things like that then i also add in that i can flash your system to play backup copies of games you already own something that doesnts sound totally illegal ive been doing it for almost 1 year and run my same ad once a week never heard of anyone getting busted off craigslist for it just use descretion when talking to potential customers
     
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    Im not 100% but i want to say hacking the firmware on a xbox360 is not illegal, but if you supply a copy of a game, that would be illegal. modding a piece of hardware is never considered illegal, its like saying if you overclock your pc the cops will come a knocking, it just voids the warrenty. just don't get cought selling games
     
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    bingo. it's not illegal to modify a console of any kind. it is illegal to supply or point people in the right direction for pirated games.
     
  6. guessswho

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    actually, I believe you are wrong. I believe it is illegal sell services that will allow you to circumvent copy protection.
     
  7. ppedro

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    well that yes, it is illegal, but here in Canada anyway as far as I know modding your own system is not illegal.
     
  8. CawkFour

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    it doesn't matter where you live. you breaking ms's policy on modding their software.
     
  9. tavek

    tavek Guest

    ITs just that MS policy meaning you can still do it and walk teh streets.
    Other the MS u just might get busted and Oh get kicked off live FOR THAT CONSOLE only, so what get anotehr one, mod and rinse repeat.
     
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    even if it is illegal you would have to be moving a lot of consoles or software for them to want to target you. it is not worth the money it costs to prosecute only one guy for modding his personal or a few consoles. it makes more sense for them to go after people reproducing and distributing their software on a large scale or the people directly responsible for the creation of such things.
     
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    There are a ton of people who advertise on CL for modding, i doubt it is illegal. Some of those idiots even say they'll include 5 games and so on, i'd post in your ad that you do not supply or sell backups because its illegal.
     

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