Posted 08/05/2009 at 01:06:35pm

The issues is that he sold his services to hack the box. You purchase the item from manufacture you can mod you heart away as long as it is for your own use and your not using it to break any laws. In this case he was selling his services which allowed others to break the laws and making a profit in circumventing someones else intellectual property. But lets be honest he probably broke some of those laws himself otherwise why hack it. Odds are those import games mentioned below were not ligit copies that some of you mentioned wanting to play. There is a reason that game cost $5 in china as opposed to the $50 here.

Posted 07/20/2009 at 11:01:18pm

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a US copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the WIPO. It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures (commonly known as DRM) that control access to copyrighted works. It also criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself. In addition, the DMCA heightens the penalties for copyright infringement on the internet.

Posted 07/20/2009 at 10:53:59pm

The cases hinge on DMC not DRM. Lack of DRM does nothing to diminish DMC.

Posted 05/21/2009 at 11:38:44am

Brits are working their own version. The europeans luanched the first sat for their version last year or the year before. These other countries want their own becuase we have the means to shut it down and controll access. The reason for all these 2 other systems is becuase they don't want to rely on our system and generousity.

Posted 05/20/2009 at 05:42:13pm

I believe the only law suits that will stick in court are the ones that result in inadvertently shuts down of a legal install. I suspect there will be a mass of law suits from the guilty in hopes that MS would rather avoid a PR mess. But the simple fact is if you’re using a pirated version then MS has every right to disable their product, their OS not the computer. After all you’re free to use another OS. If they lock you out of your MS OS or keep you from upgrading drivers, oh well, pay the fee or go to court and try to prove your install was legal. They are in no way disabling your computer just their OS. MS is simply preventing you from using your pirated version that you failed to license from them. How you use the computer is your decision, so choose wisely. A business knowingly using a pirated version has to face the consequences or play legally. Home users should be aware of what could happen to their treasured files if they elect to go pirate the software.

Posted 05/07/2009 at 12:02:35am

The future of medical record keeping is to move everything digital and share amongst providers IE your records are going to be out on the net. Securely, but one never knows what can happen from day to day.

Posted 05/03/2009 at 11:40:20am

Did not realize the K7 was the athlon..

Posted 05/02/2009 at 11:09:10pm

Otherwise explain AIRBUS?

Posted 05/02/2009 at 11:08:17pm

Athlon vs P3? Maybe p4.I dont think intel was building many p3's when athlon came along.

Posted 05/01/2009 at 11:27:31pm

Have not used MSDN in soem time. I did not realize you had to pay for the technet stuff :< So I have to wait for the publice release now.. I been runing the orignaly public release without any issues.