Your Humble Indie Bundle dollars at work! The Copyright Office is taking submissions about possible new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation is petitioning the office to protect "jailbreaking" of consoles, tablets, and other devices to run software other than that supported by the manufacturer. A year ago, a similar EFF initiative resulted in an exemption on "jailbreaking" smartphones.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Kendra Albert, a law school student, have requested a new exemption to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). It would allow fans of abandoned games to revive them without exposing themselves to legal risks.
Humble Bundle began a new sale this week titled the Humble Weekly Sale, with Bastion as the game on sale.
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I think it is insanely important to protect consumer rights to prevent these console manufacturers from removing features and stepping all over their consumers with ToS only lawyers can understand.
As long as you're not modding your consoles to PIRATE games, then I don't see a problem.
Want to mod your console? Don't use it to rip off hard working devs. Also, stay the hell offline. Don't want hackers cheating in my multiplayer games.
@Blaine As long as you're not modding your consoles to PIRATE games, then I don't see a problem.
tbh it should be banned full stop to prevent piracy. if you allow jailbreaking then pirating will be achieved, if u dont like the software and shizzle that comes with a device, dont buy the device
You should be able to do whatever you want with hardware you bought.
I don't mind that the platform holders kick you off their online services if you mod your consoles, but the ability to do that should be a right.