

Legal firm is looking for banned Xbox owners to participate in suit








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RE: Bunch o' babies
By rs1 on 11/23/2009 5:31:57 PM , Rating: 5
What about this one stands out as illegal?

You said it yourself:

Corrupting data was a kick below the belt

And also the fact that the update disabled hardware features built-in to the Xbox itself.

Microsoft can police its network however it wants. Nothing, however, gives them any right to damage, cripple, or disable consoles that they do not own. It doesn't matter what garbage they put in the EULA, if MS no longer owns the console, then they have no right to touch it. They can block it from their network if they want, but everything else they did was very legitimately questionable.

RE: Bunch o' babies
By lexluthermiester on 11/24/2009 6:10:50 AM , Rating: 4

Not to mention very illegal. It seems to me they are once again testing the legal waters to see how far they can go without being put in their place. But Microsoft is not alone in this area. There are many companies out there who would like us all to think that we really don't own our hardware or the software that we use with it. How wrong they are. Ownership statues clearly state that when a person pays money for something, they own it[in the case of rental agreements they own it for a time] and it is legally theirs to do with as they see fit within the realm of their personal use. These rights over-ride and supersede the DMCA and it's ilk.

This is why I personally have no problem with people who buy a copy of Windows[or any other software] and then install it on every pc they own through various methods. Microsoft has, in the past, been proven to be thieves, copyright and patent infringers and have very little room to cry "wolf". Now I want to be clear, if you don't own a legitimate copy of a peace of software that you use than you really are just stealing. But if you rightfully own a copy, then use it as you like. That's my opinion based on nearly a decade of research into copyright and fair-use laws.

RE: Bunch o' babies
By Yames on 11/24/2009 5:09:36 PM , Rating: 2
And even if a suit is brought and won what, those 1 million console owners will still own crippled units and will receive maybe $20 in a year or two. Any way you slice it MS wins.

