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Two Leaders of Videogame Piracy Group Arrested
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On Friday America's Department of Justice announced:
Two leaders of one of the world's most notorious videogame piracy groups, Team Xecuter, have been arrested and are in custody facing charges filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle... The indictment alleges the defendants were leaders of a criminal enterprise that developed and sold illegal devices that hacked popular videogame consoles so they could be used to play unauthorized, or pirated, copies of videogames. The enterprise targeted popular consoles such as the Nintendo Switch, the Nintendo 3DS, the Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition, the Sony PlayStation Classic, and the Microsoft Xbox. 

"These defendants were allegedly leaders of a notorious international criminal group that reaped illegal profits for years by pirating video game technology of U.S. companies," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "These arrests show that the department will hold accountable hackers who seek to commandeer and exploit the intellectual property of American companies for financial gain, no matter where they may be located."

"These defendants lined their pockets by stealing and selling the work of other video-game developers — even going so far as to make customers pay a licensing fee to play stolen games," said U.S. Attorney Brian Moran for the Western District of Washington. "This conduct doesn't just harm billion dollar companies, it hijacks the hard work of individuals working to advance in the video-game industry."

"Theft of intellectual property hurts U.S. industry, game developers and exploits legitimate gaming customers, all of which threaten the legitimacy of the commercial video game industry," said Acting Special Agent in Charge Eben Roberts of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations, Seattle. "We are committed to working with our international partners to find criminals like these who steal copyrighted material and bring cyber criminals to justice...." 

According to the indictment, Team Xecuter at times cloaked its illegal activity with a purported desire to support gaming enthusiasts who wanted to design their own videogames for noncommercial use. However, the overwhelming demand and use for the enterprise's devices was to play pirated videogames.
Posted by EditorDavid an hour ago
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Malays2 bowman a few seconds ago
That's what our glorious "leaders " have become with this drek that they spewed out. That, and they willing to whore themselves out and get things like the DMCA passed which not one American citizen voted for.
Fuck them, and I bet plenty of the people who are going after this "ooh scary INTERNATIONAL hacking group" have child porn and other illegal material on their own computers.
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Oooohhh (+1)
nospam007 an hour ago
They want us to be very scared.
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Oooh... they used the magic word (+1)
gavron an hour ago
> ... cyber criminals...
Cybernetic criminals. Wow, I guess if you add cyber to it and claim to be protecting American interlectural propatty, you win.
Next up - the lynching!
E "Cyber doesn't mean everything it's used on"
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Did something change (+2)
Cylix 40 minutes ago
When did mod chips become illegal? I thought backups were covered under some litigation years ago.
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Re: Did something change (+1)
fennec 31 minutes ago
Never heard about DMCA? You can try to make backups, but you are not allowed to break protections...
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Re: Did something change (+1)
tiananmen tank man 29 minutes ago
You are not allowed to share how to break the protection
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NOT a piracy group (+3, Informative)
BenJeremy 30 minutes ago
They did not release pirated games - they marketed devices that let you gain control of your consoles.
Piracy was certainly the main reason people did this, of course, but that's a side effect. Describing Team Xecutor as a "piracy group" is a dishonest, blatant lie.
I feel bad for those guys, they did a lot for console modding, including the homebrew scene, from those early days on the original Xbox.
Yes, I am the same guy who was a moderator at xbox-scene and created MXM.
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Mod chip development != piracy (+2)
Powercntrl 29 minutes ago
This news release is disingenuous as claiming Home Depot is a “homicidal weapons dealer” because some people used their tools as murder weapons.
Team Xecuter sold DRM circumvention devices, which is outlawed by the DMCA unless granted a specific exemption.
As with the legal battle presently transpiring over “walled gardens” on mobile devices, gaming consoles also lock you out of the hardware you’ve paid for. I suppose the Ministry of Truth can’t have people realizing that Team Xecuter were actually the good guys, fighting against an unjust law.
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