XBOX360 Ban (modded consoles) class action lawsuit - update - I got my stuff back :D

[TonyTheTiger]

Let's be clear here, courts have allowed cable and satellite companies to fire electronic "bullets" to destroy illegal cable and satellite descramblers and the police to destroy drug growing equipment

Which are either gray market or flat out illegal anyway. I've been hearing that the banned 360s are being damaged more than simply not being able to connect to Xbox Live. If that's true there might be some possible argument that Microsoft overstepped its authority. But, again, that depends on whether or not the user owns the Xbox. If he does then while MS can prevent this person from using the Xbox to access an online service, the company cannot destroy this person's perfectly legal private property. That was part of the argument over Sony's rootkit scandal. There was harm being caused to people's private property beyond piracy prevention.

^^Are you not allowed to redownload the Arcade games onto a legit HDD?

So basically if you illegally modify a car and it gets impounded, you should sue because all the driving, and gas, and work you put into all go to squat? Sorry, shouldn't have illegally modified it.

Is the modification itself illegal? Or, rather, should it be? That's at the heart of the current legal debate at the moment and we'll probably see more cases raising the issue. Let's assume MS went a step further and instead of banning the console they actually repossessed it because the licensee violated the license by modifying it. Would that be legal? Theoretically, under the same practice as I think is happening now it would be. But the legal battle there would be perfectly justified. It's still a controversial question. "How much of what I buy do I own?"