Xbox 360 Jailbreaker May Need Real Jailbreak 359
An anonymous reader writes "Back in July, the Librarian of Congress officially made it legal to jailbreak your iPhone (or any phone). So why is it that the government is trying to prosecute Matthew Crippen for jailbreaking Xbox 360s? If convicted, he could face up to three years in prison, and lawyers are trying to prevent the author of a book about jailbreaking the original Xbox from testifying in Crippen's defense. What kind of law says it's okay to jailbreak the phone in your pocket, but not your gaming console?"
Breaking Apple News (Score:1, Funny)
Man at risk of prosecution for Xbox 360 hacking.
Slashdot editorial guidelines: if it has "iPhone" in the story, that's the lead angle.
Re:The law is weird....you know this. (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like you have... a problem with authority! Why don't you stop being a criminal? After all, the law is always right. This is just how the world works, and since it could, potentially, be worse, you might as well not bother trying to change it.
I can play non-sequitur too! (Score:3, Funny)
Back in July, the Librarian of Congress officially made it legal to jailbreak your iPhone (or any phone). So why is it that the government is trying to prosecute Matthew Crippen for jailbreaking Xbox 360s?
I got dinner from Arby's tonight. So why is it raining outside?
Re:Apple xbox (Score:4, Funny)
It's a way to make it sound more evil. You could say it's "customizing". Or "personalizing", but the corporate masters have to make it sound really really bad.
If this keeps on, by my calculations, doing what you want with a product you own will soon be known as "murder", or "terrorism" or maybe "baby-rape".
I can see it now. "He is being prosecuted for baby-raping his Playstation 3".
Re:What kind of law? (Score:5, Funny)
Doesn't quite rhyme properly any more.
The land of the fee and home of the slave?
Re:What kind of law? (Score:2, Funny)
The land of the fee and home of the slave?
Actually, we prefer the term "Commercialized American".