ordered the money maker machine =)

[simplechamp]

One other thing that I kind of touched on before when talking about the LLC: be very careful about the firmware modding and "backup" games. In the past there were quite a few people that got huge fines and even jail time for selling modded original Xbox's that were loaded with pirated games. I'm not implying you do this or will offer it as a service, but you are obviously capable. From what I remember when I modded my original Xbox it's fine to put in a mod chip and flash it with a legal non-copywirghted firmware, but downloading/ripping games is where the legal issues lie. Even giving someone advice on how to pirate a game is a pretty grey area.

And for others, if you are going to ask for help, be a bit more discreet than "Tell me how I can get my Xbox to play pirated games".

Modding_out: Yes, I believe Microsoft can detect modded firmware/games and will ban your console from Xbox live permanently.

[t-maxxracer32]

Originally Posted by simplechamp

One other thing that I kind of touched on before when talking about the LLC: be very careful about the firmware modding and "backup" games. In the past there were quite a few people that got huge fines and even jail time for selling modded original Xbox's that were loaded with pirated games. I'm not implying you do this or will offer it as a service, but you are obviously capable. From what I remember when I modded my original Xbox it's fine to put in a mod chip and flash it with a legal non-copywirghted firmware, but downloading/ripping games is where the legal issues lie. Even giving someone advice on how to pirate a game is a pretty grey area.

And for others, if you are going to ask for help, be a bit more discreet than "Tell me how I can get my Xbox to play pirated games".

yea I do not sell backup games, but I do not believe that modding the firmware is illegal.. I could be wrong though. Ive seen many people selling their drives like this and have not seen anywhere that people are getting in trouble for it so I will just watch my back and keep on the lookout.

I only mod the firmware so people can play their backup games. I do not condone pirating the games.

thanks again for the advice