Legalilty of Modding

boxerorange · Post by **boxerorange** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:31 am

Some of my friends and I were thinking about opening a small modding business and the subject came up of whether or not it would be legal. I have never thought about it before, but always figured modding for yourself is fine, but if you make money off modding other people's consoles is it legal?

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:35 am

Why wouldn't it be? This guy's been doing it for years.

As long as you aren't installing modchips that defeat lockout systems, there shouldn't be a problem. (The ones that enable copied games to be run.)

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:34 pm

Adding mod-chips is not legal in almost all countries.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:59 pm

Taking a commercial product and making it work with another is no different that changing a car stereo or hub caps or "pimp your ride". Legal. By exactly the same token, so is what we do; unless you circumvent copy protection measures (which we don't do).

boxerorange · Post by **boxerorange** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:20 pm

Good to know! Thanks you guys, just wanted to cover all my bases before starting anything.