KennyR wrote:
Uhm, which law can they use to ban the use of chipping? I don't agree with piracy but I don't agree with simply decreeing 'this should be illegal' without due process and following proper law.
For instance, buying a 'chip' doesn't break copyright law, or any other kind of law, including intellectual property. There are no laws against modifying hardware that you own. So you can't break the law by fitting one.
The only illegal part here is actually buying the pirate DVD/CD in the first place, and whether or not chipping makes that possible is immaterial. Maybe they'll make DVD-R and CD-R illegal next. Pffh!
Exactly.
I hate laws designed to prevent crime by making legal activities "conspiratorial" to illegal activities. The crime itself is already illegal, that's as far as the law itself should concern itself with.
