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highly illigal, but no ones perfect eh?
Has anyone had the mod chip & 80 Gig Hardrive upgrade fitted yet?
apparently you can dump entire games to the drive for faster accsess!
I need more speed! and room for the music i've dumped to disk, only got 32000 Blocks left now! anyone know how much is too much? before it affects the games your playing? may have to buy another XBOX! probably down to a ton by Xmas anyhow
Has anyone had the mod chip & 80 Gig Hardrive upgrade fitted yet?
apparently you can dump entire games to the drive for faster accsess!
I need more speed! and room for the music i've dumped to disk, only got 32000 Blocks left now! anyone know how much is too much? before it affects the games your playing? may have to buy another XBOX! probably down to a ton by Xmas anyhow
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Yep, that's what I thought it said.
OK.
Read it again.
Only if a woman is asking the question.
If a man is in the woods and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
Whilst we're on legal conundrums:
An American visits the UK and brings along his NTSC XBox and an NTSC copy of Halo. If he plays his game whilst in the UK, is he infringing territorial copyright? (UK and US law states that copyright is territorial and that licensing only applies to specific territories).
An American visits the UK and brings along his NTSC XBox and an NTSC copy of Halo. If he plays his game whilst in the UK, is he infringing territorial copyright? (UK and US law states that copyright is territorial and that licensing only applies to specific territories).
Just a thought - I have read in the Terms & Conditions when installing some software onto my PC that you are allowed to make one archival copy of the disc(s) providing you have the original.
If the original gets destroyed, then surely you'd have to destroy your archival copy immediately, or contact the publisher for a replacement.
If the original gets destroyed, then surely you'd have to destroy your archival copy immediately, or contact the publisher for a replacement.
It's worth pointing out that Sony add codes to all their PS2 games expressly to prevent copies being made on CD/DVD burners, and most publishers, be it Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo usually include the phrase "Unauthorised copying (et al) are prohibited" in either the software itself or in the accompanying manuals.
That in itself should be a major hint that they don't want you making backups and that they, and only they, own the right to do so. If we DID have the right to make backups, then games publishers would be in court on charges for preventing us from doing so.
That in itself should be a major hint that they don't want you making backups and that they, and only they, own the right to do so. If we DID have the right to make backups, then games publishers would be in court on charges for preventing us from doing so.
I popped a 120 gig HDD in mine, ahh tis a thing of beauty, especially with my Sarah Michelle Gellar Dash Background....
Erm, you missed out the first paragraph:
"It is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner."
"Essential step" is the phrase that catches everyone out, it seems. Recent court rulings over backup copies resort to using the phrase "where necessary" in UK copyright law.
The courts have ruled that making copies of software provided on floppy disc is 'necessary', because floppy discs are so fragile so a backup copy on a more secure format is usually advised. In these instances, the copyright owner usually give express permission in the end user licence to make a copy, but even if they don't, the user can make a backup.
With regards to CD/DVD based SOFTWARE, backups have been ruled under UK law as NOT necessary, simply because:
a) scratched CD-roms/DVD-roms can be easily repaired.
b) destroyed CD-roms/DVD-roms can be easily replaced by the publisher, usually for around £5-£10, varies with the publisher, sometimes free, again, varies with the publisher.
You wanted a link?
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm
Enjoy.
"It is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner."
"Essential step" is the phrase that catches everyone out, it seems. Recent court rulings over backup copies resort to using the phrase "where necessary" in UK copyright law.
The courts have ruled that making copies of software provided on floppy disc is 'necessary', because floppy discs are so fragile so a backup copy on a more secure format is usually advised. In these instances, the copyright owner usually give express permission in the end user licence to make a copy, but even if they don't, the user can make a backup.
With regards to CD/DVD based SOFTWARE, backups have been ruled under UK law as NOT necessary, simply because:
a) scratched CD-roms/DVD-roms can be easily repaired.
b) destroyed CD-roms/DVD-roms can be easily replaced by the publisher, usually for around £5-£10, varies with the publisher, sometimes free, again, varies with the publisher.
You wanted a link?
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm
Enjoy.
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