XBOX-HQ.COM - Microsoft / Nintendo / ESA cracking down on piracy

Microsoft, Nintendo, and the ESA are performing raids due to cracking down on selling of modchips that allow the breach of security in consoles that enable the system to boot counterfeit / unsigned code software. The raid is being named "Operation Tangled Web". Its main target is retailers selling modchips on the internet for Miscrosoft, Sony, and Nintendo game systems. The law has already executed 32 search warrants in 20 localities across the US in 24 hours.

Their reasoning behind the raid on modchip is "Modification chips or "mod-chips" are typically installed in video game console systems to circumvent the technological protection measures and enable the user to play pirated game software. These chips, as well as other circumvention devices, are illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)."