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09-04-2003, 14:17
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Isonews owner jailed for selling mod chips
David Rocci, former owner of the popular gaming website isonews.com, has been sentenced to 5 months in prison and fined $28,500 for selling Xbox mod chips. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act forbids the manufacture or sale of these chips as they can enable an Xbox to play pirated games.
The isonews.com domain was seized by the FBI in controversial circumstances last month. Fans of the site can still visit it by the ip address, as the servers are hosted outside the US. This is certainly a hefty punishment that will send a harsh warning out to anyone producing or selling mod chips on American soil. News of Rocci's imprisonment will undoubtedly cause outrage amongst civil rights activists who are proclaiming
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