Two arrested for selling modded Xboxen

Lunchbox · Post by **Lunchbox** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:21 pm

hehe xboxen

Two Arrested for Xbox Modding
The Feds crack down on console piracy.
December 08, 2004 - Two people were arrested for selling modded Xbox consoles, according to a Reuter's story posted today. Three Washington, D.C. area Pandora's Cube game store locations were raided by federal authorities. Two store employees were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and conspiracy to traffic in a device that circumvents technological protection measures.

The arrests in Maryland and Virginia were a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Justice's computer crimes unit, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Maryland and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Entertainment Software Association says the Pandora's Cube stores were selling modified "Super Xbox" consoles for $500. The systems had been rebuilt with larger hard drives, software to enable full games to be copied to the drives, some pre-loaded with up 15 or more games.

These consoles were on open display, the ESA reported. It is not clear, however, whether the stores were selling the pre-loaded versions of the modified consoles.

Master Higgins · Post by **Master Higgins** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:25 pm

Woah I want a super xbox

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:33 pm

I can't belive a real store would sell this, I would probably say I know people who have them and then have the customer come by later and buy it.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:33 pm

I think the biggest thing that got them was the fact they had full games all ready installe d on them. I don't think it was ever declared that having a modchip or bigger HD in a Xbox was illegal?

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:45 pm

Veggita2099 wrote:I think the biggest thing that got them was the fact they had full games all ready installe d on them. I don't think it was ever declared that having a modchip or bigger HD in a Xbox was illegal?

Havign a modchip that is flashed with certain bios is illegal.

Post by **Quzar** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:07 pm

conspiracy to commit copyright infringement?! how more abstract can you get from an actual crime?

"hey dude, can i copy that game sometime?"
"sure"
" HANDS UP you two are under arrest"

Post by **Roofus** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:28 pm

Xboxen?

Post by **Roofus** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:32 pm

Oh, and here's the story

Ex-Cyber · Post by **Ex-Cyber** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:47 pm

Xboxen?

The plural of ox is oxen, so naturally the plural of box is boxen.

Post by **Roofus** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:51 pm

Ex-Cyber wrote:
Xboxen?
The plural of ox is oxen, so naturally the plural of box is boxen.

But the plural of box is boxes.

Post by **Quzar** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:12 pm

Roofus wrote:
Ex-Cyber wrote:
Xboxen?
The plural of ox is oxen, so naturally the plural of box is boxen.
But the plural of box is boxes.

The plural of Goose is Geese, so whats the plural of moose?

Moosen.

Lunchbox · Post by **Lunchbox** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 10:11 am

Roofus wrote:
Ex-Cyber wrote:
Xboxen?
The plural of ox is oxen, so naturally the plural of box is boxen.
But the plural of box is boxes.

i know, its more fun to say boxen though

Post by **melancholy** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 11:02 am

Lunchbox wrote:
Roofus wrote:
Ex-Cyber wrote:
Xboxen?
The plural of ox is oxen, so naturally the plural of box is boxen.
But the plural of box is boxes.
i know, its more fun to say boxen though

Yeah right, you couldn't compete with Roofus's news titles, so you decided to start making up words in hopes of getting a laugh.

curt_grymala · Post by **curt_grymala** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 11:24 am

Ex-Cyber wrote:
Xboxen?
The plural of ox is oxen, so naturally the plural of box is boxen.

Sounds like someone's using Pygmalion logic.

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:30 pm

Sounds like that store chain had a very appropriate name

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:23 am

Is almost everyone in this thread only reading the word boxen here? Coz I remember there being a poll about it a while back, I figured a lot of people posting in this thread (especially the nullers) would remember that

Or they just like to annoy Lunchy

Lunchbox · Post by **Lunchbox** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 3:22 pm

melancholy wrote:
Lunchbox wrote:
Roofus wrote:
Ex-Cyber wrote:
Xboxen?
The plural of ox is oxen, so naturally the plural of box is boxen.
But the plural of box is boxes.
i know, its more fun to say boxen though
Yeah right, you couldn't compete with Roofus's news titles, so you decided to start making up words in hopes of getting a laugh.

indeed, i did it for the attention

Nevermind i've been saying boxen for quite some time now

Post by **melancholy** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:08 pm

Lunchbox wrote:
melancholy wrote:
Lunchbox wrote:
Roofus wrote:
Ex-Cyber wrote:
Xboxen?
The plural of ox is oxen, so naturally the plural of box is boxen.
But the plural of box is boxes.
i know, its more fun to say boxen though
Yeah right, you couldn't compete with Roofus's news titles, so you decided to start making up words in hopes of getting a laugh.
indeed, i did it for the attention Nevermind i've been saying boxen for quite some time now

Sure you have.