this is indeed distressing....anyone know who all was affected?
teammodders looks like it's gone....
norcalmods looks like it is gone too.....
Quote:Today U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents executed 32 federal search warrants in 16 states as part of an investigation into the alleged sale and distribution of illegal modification chips for various video game consoles, including Nintendo?s Wii? home video game system.
This Immigrations and Customs Enforcement investigation represents the largest national enforcement action of its kind targeting video game piracy. Nintendo has worked closely with this branch of the Department of Homeland Security, and fully supports its actions and other investigations currently underway.
Why is the Department of Homeland Security working with a Japanese game company to raid video game businesses? Dont they have better things to do?
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not sure what businesses this has effected really as there is no official word that i have found. Not sure if those two site heard about this and shut down for safety, or were forced to shut down.
I found out through reliable sources that a lot of sites have shut down by themselves and were not shut down. There is no telling how long it will be before they return, that is if they return.
Originally posted by steimy: i really good answer, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
not sure what businesses this has effected really as there is no official word that i have found. Not sure if those two site heard about this and shut down for safety, or were forced to shut down.
I found out through reliable sources that a lot of sites have shut down by themselves and were not shut down. There is no telling how long it will be before they return, that is if they return.
Team Modders went down sometime yesterday, NorCal I'm not sure when. I can't imagine they'll be back up anytime soon, it certainly sounds like Homeland Security did an extensive investigation.
Now, I wonder if they'll start going after the little guy!
According to that they already are going after the little guy. Interesting stuff. I do wii installs, I better not have anyone knocking down my door to take my soldering iron!!
do u guys think that people will ever get their items back or will the government just throw them in a room never to be seen again. and will these people be going to court and a chance they'll win in court?
Ok now things have gone way to far I can understand going after the big fish, but the little guy who probably looks at modding as more of a hobby? They treated that poor guy in the article like a drug dealer. Get caught with drugs they take all capital and material goods that might have been acquired through illegal means. Now get caught with a modchip and they take all hardware and media as "evidence" oh.. But you can keep your monitor. This pisses me off and I don't even have a modded console. Whoever is directly responsible for these new "laws" deservers a swift kick to the nuts.
You can't really blame them, can you? Modchip business is big, and we all know the real ulterior motive of the customers when they get their modchips... :P
