So me and my friend were talking(or debating...) about hacking and stuff, particularly video game consoles.
So the main question is, is it legal or not to "hack" video game consoles, where does DMCA stand in, and what are our rights in terms of ownership to the console? Can we really modify the software?
PS. This is out of curiosity, hope you don't go too off topic on morality and such . Hopefully I'll be able to get some answers here
Depends on where your butt is sitting eh.
People forget, companies don't write laws, courts write laws.
So it does NOT matter what it says in the agreement you click ok to, if your nation's laws disagree.
So if a game says 'you can't copy this game' in so many words and it is my legal right in my country to make a back up copy, I can do ANYTHING I need to do to make a copy, and not give a shit what it said in the agreement.
Yawn sure whatever, click.
I am Canadian, and it is my legal right to make a back up copy of software ... any software ... movies games music, programs, books, whatever. And as a result, it is entirely legal for me to possess the needed program to rip the heart out of any software normally meant to prevent my doing so.
Now, if you are not Canadian, you might not have this right.