Three people from LA charged for selling modified Xbox gaming consoles

Three people from LA charged for selling modified Xbox gaming consoles

Authorities have charged three people from the Los Angeles area on charges of selling modified Xbox gaming console, which are capable of playing counterfeit gaming media. This included owners of two gaming stores in the region. The complaint filed in the federal court in Los Angeles alleges the men “conspired” to traffic in a technology used to circumvent a copyright protection system.

Authorities claimed that the two storeowners (Jason Jones and Jonathan Bryant) were talking services of Pei “Patrick” Cai to modify the original units supplied by Microsoft and selling them in the market. This modification allows the gamers to copy rented or borrowed games onto the consoles for future playback.

These three individuals have now been charged with a felony count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and to violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. They would also be now summoned to appear in court in late January. The makers of the gaming console Microsoft has not issued any statement on this case.

Video gaming is big business in the country and most game console makers sell their units at subsidies. They try to recover their investment through games, which are sold at some premium in the market. However, with these modified consoles, gamers are able to play duplicate copies of the games leading to huge revenue loses for the manufacturers.