Xbox Live update deletes files off your hard drive.

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Originally Posted by Keres

I wonder if that excuse works for speeding, since you own the car you're speeding in.

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except you dont own the roads your driving on

thats the difference

the state owns the roads

he owns his Xbox, his TV, all the wiring, his computer

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Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv

except you dont own the roads your driving on

thats the difference

the state owns the roads

he owns his Xbox, his TV, all the wiring, his computer

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Would that make it ok to make 3 copies of your authentic copy of Halo to play on a LAN with 4 modded Xboxs, as long as you own at least one copy of the game and the 4 systems?

I think as long as you keep the copies, it's ok.

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Originally Posted by Keres

Would that make it ok to make 3 copies of your authentic copy of Halo to play on a LAN with 4 modded Xboxs, as long as you own at least one copy of the game and the 4 systems?

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techincally as long as you arent giving those copies away to anyone else or selling them you can have 500,000 copies of halo if you want

I thought MS wanted to run fees on lan-parties. isn't that what xbox centers are for?

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Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv

techincally as long as you arent giving those copies away to anyone else or selling them you can have 500,000 copies of halo if you want

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But others besides yourself would be benefiting from playing the copied games. After the LAN party you might say to a friend, "Thanks for joining us for some 16 player Halo. Here's one of the three copies of Halo I made, you can borrow it for a few weeks as long as you remember it's mine. After all, what's the difference between you playing it here and you playing it at your place?"

What were we talking about? Oh yeah, Linux on Xbox. :p Obviously people have different ways of seeing what should be allowed and what shouldn't. In the end, the lawyers win. :curse:

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Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv

techincally as long as you arent giving those copies away to anyone else or selling them you can have 500,000 copies of halo if you want

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Actually Im pretty sure that fair-use only allows one copy of said copyrighted work to be made for backup purposes only.

And like whoever said, if Microsoft fucks with your system and deletes Linux or whatever, tough shit. I mean, you know who you're dealing with - Microsoft is the company that is building Palladium, tried to get lists of what movies you were watching with Windows Media Player, and who knows what software you are running everytime you go to windowsupdate.com (even software not updated there). Are you really surprised this happened? If you are, you're an idiot. This is what you get when you deal with MS.

And, finally, Shin Johnpv, if you read the licenses that come with all the software and shit you buy, it says that you dont actually own the product, but you own a *license to use the product*. I don't like that myself, but hey thats how it is. It gives Microsoft the right to do all this shit (which I dont agree with either).

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Originally Posted by Werewolf

What is the advantage of having Linux on the XBOX, please enlighten me because frankly I don't get it :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by that guy's website

The version of Linux on the Xbox will have three purposes:

* A full Linux distribution with X-Window and KDE/Gnome turns the Xbox into a desktop computer. Using USB connector adaptors, standard PC components can be connected, such as keyboards, mice, printers, scanners and cameras. With a VGA converter, the Xbox can be connected to a standard PC monitor.

* The Linux kernel can be used as a base for stand alone applications, such as DivX, DVD and MP3 players, as well as emulators for classic consoles, which need not run on the standard Linux desktop and therefore start much faster. Hobbyists are not allowed to develop software on top of the original Xbox kernel, so the Linux kernel will give them this opportunity.

* Windows NT/2000 and other i386 operating systems can run inside of a Virtual Machine such as VMware or Plex86, which runs on top of the Linux kernel.

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Originally Posted by Keres

What were we talking about? Oh yeah, Linux on Xbox. :p Obviously people have different ways of seeing what should be allowed and what shouldn't. In the end, the lawyers win. :curse:

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In the end, it's always down to how much money you have. :cry:

I can see why Microsoft would monkey with your system- perhaps they want to forestall people cheating on XBL for one thing. Hardly a surprise there. Plus it's a control thing also.

Oh well, just go buy a 2nd Xbox for your online gaming- leaving the other one jacked out. Either that, or no XBL. Knowing's half the battle.