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In Canada, Modding Consoles Could Get You Jail Time

Post by ]SUPERBOSS[ @ 11:01pm 08/04/10 | 29 Comments

If you're Canadian - look out.

Modifying a video game console such as a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 is a crime in Canada and could result in a penalty of up to 10 years in prison, according to a recent release from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

More information here.

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Vash
Posted 11:04pm 08/4/10

what a joke. Rapists get less.

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iMatchFixa
Posted 11:08pm 08/4/10

It's still better than getting shot to shreds by a 9mm rail gun from an apache chopper for carrying a camera.

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thermite
Posted 11:10pm 08/4/10

Yeah I've noticed a few things in law where doing something like cheating the economy has a harsher penalty than some of the more obvious moral wrongs.

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imitation
Posted 11:23pm 08/4/10

Yeah I've noticed a few things in law where doing something like cheating the economy has a harsher penalty than some of the more obvious moral wrongs.

I would say traditionally white colour crime has been treated with far less severity than other crimes. I think you're speaking out your ass to be honest.

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HERMITech
Posted 11:26pm 08/4/10

I would say traditionally white colour crime has been treated with far less severity than other crimes.

You mean white people get away with crime more than black people do or is it cause white people per ratio commit less crime?

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RUSTA
Posted 11:29pm 08/4/10

I'm pretty sure imitation means white collar

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HERMITech
Posted 11:30pm 08/4/10

shhh newbie :)

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thermite
Posted 11:31pm 08/4/10

Well that was harsh

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Khel
Posted 11:32pm 08/4/10

They seem to have some pretty strict laws over there on some weird things though. I mean, this is secondhand info, so take it as you will, but I have a friend over in Vancouver at the moment studying and he swears like a sailor, and within only a few days of being there he was warned about his language, because apparently you can be fined $5000 for being rude in public or cursing, etc. He said its driving him mad over there because they're the most polite people ever.

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thermite
Posted 11:38pm 08/4/10

I'm sure there have been cases where hackers got put away for 20 years for ripping off business/government. It's not common but it happens.

edit: They might have been black though.

last edited by thermite at 23:38:52 08/Apr/10

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imitation
Posted 11:49pm 08/4/10

I'm sure I've heard about hackers who didn't go to jail and then struck again and also murderers who went away for life, nice anecdote buddy.

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RUSTA
Posted 11:50pm 08/4/10

shhh newbie :)

I'm far from a newbie. I just don't post much.

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thermite
Posted 11:51pm 08/4/10

What's going on here.

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Dazhel
Posted 12:03am 09/4/10

attack of the lurkers from spaaaaaaace!

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fpot
Posted 12:05am 09/4/10

Geez the blood from your bleeding little heart has spilt into this thread Booyah.

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HurricaneJim
Posted 12:23am 09/4/10

It's still better than getting shot to shreds by a 9mm rail gun from an apache chopper for carrying a camera.

But the Apache has a 30mm chain gun that fires DU ammunition....9mm wouldn't be so devastating..

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DM
Posted 01:10am 09/4/10

Anyone's brain exploding tying to decypher the cryptic title?

Are you live in canada for modding console? ... uh what?

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HERMITech
Posted 01:13am 09/4/10

Ssh HurricaneJim, you don't know about ROE

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HERMITech
Posted 01:18am 09/4/10

They seem to have some pretty strict laws over there on some weird things though. I mean, this is secondhand info, so take it as you will, but I have a friend over in Vancouver at the moment studying and he swears like a sailor, and within only a few days of being there he was warned about his language, because apparently you can be fined $5000 for being rude in public or cursing, etc. He said its driving him mad over there because they're the most polite people ever.

In all honesty, I've never had a problem with people politely requesting the language stays withing established boundries.
As long as it's a two way street, no god or baby talk.

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iMatchFixa
Posted 02:41am 09/4/10

Geez the blood from your bleeding little heart has spilt into this thread Booyah.

You're the only one on this forum who still calls me by my old nickname.

It makes me feel special and asserts the fact that i want to make love to you, sideways.

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rubba-chikin
Posted 03:51am 09/4/10

Everyone swears up here on the mountain :P
Resort life is a little different though.

Canadians are definitely a polite and friendly people though.
Loving it over here, really nice country... apart from pennies... fucking pennies... they can fuck right off!

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taggs
Posted 06:56am 09/4/10

lol @ subject grammar + 'white colour crime'

the retard is strong itt

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Tiny
Posted 08:03am 09/4/10

DM superboss can't help it. Hes ok with us. He lets us know when people die, it's a tough job but someone has to fill the shoes.

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natslovR
Posted 08:32am 09/4/10

There's also that case of that Linux nerd that wrote that file system (raiser? Or something) and got life imprisonment. See even white Linux nerds get treated harshly by the legal sytem (for wife murder)

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