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CheapyD
12-08-2004, 04:51 PM
U.S. Officials Raid Stores, Arrest 2 in Game Piracy
By Ben Berkowitz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal authorities raided three Washington, D.C.-area video game stores and arrested two people for modifying video game consoles to play pirated video games, a video game industry group said on Wednesday.
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abrannan
12-08-2004, 04:53 PM
Fools were asking for it. For $500 you'd get a modded Xbox with HD ugprade, bios isntalled and your choice of 15 games. This wasn't a back room deal, either. They were in the shaqin' window.
dafoomie
12-08-2004, 04:55 PM
This isn't just for selling mods... Its for selling modded systems with pirated software preloaded.
secretvampire
12-08-2004, 04:57 PM
Damn right they were. They maybe, MAYBE could have gotten away with just selling the hardware and knowledge of how to copy games, but the second they put the pirated ISOs on the hard drive for sale they were hosing themselves.
Javery
12-08-2004, 04:59 PM
hahaha... good.
Wow, I wonder how long they were up selling that crap before the crack down? About as blatant as you can get.
CouRageouS
12-08-2004, 05:06 PM
Nice. When are they gonna get the movie pirates selling bootlegs on the streets?
coolieman2001
12-08-2004, 05:09 PM
The authoritys were most likley tiped off by a rival game shop. We all know of the evils of ebgames and Gamestop . :lol:
Cornfedwb
12-08-2004, 05:10 PM
Damn right they were. They maybe, MAYBE could have gotten away with just selling the hardware and knowledge of how to copy games, but the second they put the pirated ISOs on the hard drive for sale they were hosing themselves.
They may not have actually arrested them. But modding the hardware is illegal, without question. Any method of reverse-engineering that can be used towards copyright infringement is illegal in the DMCA.
elprincipe
12-08-2004, 05:15 PM
HAHA, I've been to the Virginia store as it isn't too far away from where I live (~30 minutes). Crappy store and I'm not surprised they got caught. If you live in the area, go to Starland instead, just up the road in Annandale.
smellhasreturned
12-08-2004, 05:18 PM
i hope they go after me friend. he always laughs in my face because im paying 20 bucks for me games while he just rents em for 5 and burns em. i like the original cases anyway
Kaijufan
12-08-2004, 08:48 PM
The authoritys were most likley tiped off by a rival game shop. We all know of the evils of ebgames and Gamestop . :lol:
:lol: Its possible.
RedvsBlue
12-08-2004, 10:56 PM
What would make it even more funny is if they were trying to sell these in the mall that's just down the street from the FBI.
Cracka
12-08-2004, 11:08 PM
if a store in my town was doing that.... i'd totally tell the cops and then hang out in that store everyday with a video camera waiting for the sting..
lmfao that would be funny...
not sure if i would actually do that or not since we've only got one game store in our town and i dont wanna screw myself over
XboxMaster
12-11-2004, 07:43 PM
OMG, they actually sold them at stores? What dumbasses...