Its against the rules to discuss how to rip games and the like, so don't do that. I don't necessarily have a problem with talking about how how to modify something, as long as it doesn't get into any sort of ripping or distribution of the ripped stuff. So, for instance, I've never spoken out against translation patches. Heck, sometimes modifications to commercial games can be quite useful and don't even require ripping the game to use them (such as my PSO Patcher disc).

As long as it stays legal, I don't really care that much.
That said, this probably belongs in the next forum down, since its not homebrew-related... So off we go...