UK Man Convicted for Modding Xbox

The Caerphilly Magistrates Court convicted the 22-year-old Cambridge graduate for his side business involving the modding and selling of Microsoft’s game consoles through his Website. He modified them with 200GB hard drives that came will 80 pre-installed games.

The Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) lead the investigation that ultimately led to the man’s conviction.

Wow. Of course, if you do practice something like this, you’d have to realize that this could happen. He didn’t get prison time though, but rather community service.. so maybe he learned his lesson. Check out the full post at GeekInformed.