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Article: THREE CHARGED WITH PIRATING VIDEO GAMES, ILLEGALLY MODIFYING XBOX GAME CONSOLES
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 12, 2006
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The U.S. Department of Justice's Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section issued the following press release:
The two owners of a Hollywood video game store and a third man who worked with them were indicted today for pirating video games by pre-installing games on specially modified Xbox game consoles sold through the game store. The men installed illegal modification chips on the game systems which allowed users to store and play pirated video games.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment today alleging that the owners of ACME Game Store, together with a third man, modified and sold Xbox game consoles that allowed users to bypass copyright protections and play pirated video ...