[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ArchAssain If serious enough Bungie and or Microsoft do have the right to obtain your legal information and press charges if you tamper, distribute, corrupt or alter products or information, just like any company. It is there property and they have the authority over it and can allow certain parties to alter or modify in regards and allowances of Bungie or Microsoft. How is it so hard to interpret that? If you don't have permission don't bother tampering or modifying. Use common sense and logic. Paint your xbox with what ever color you want, just don't patch the software so you have an unlimited DRM automatic rocket launcher, with out Bungie or Microsoft's permission.[/quote]This is all wrong, by the by. You're perfectly allowed to alter everything you buy. Bungie's games? Absolutely. If you can bypass the DRM. Fair use (and a bit of ignorance. One of the few areas in life ignorance of the law is a legal excuse, hilariously) dictates that you may freely copy CDs, DVDs and software for personal use so long as you own a legitimate copy. Selling on or distributing those illegal copies, or retaining a copy having bought the game legally and then sold it on, is, however, illegal. Additionally, you may alter any content you have bought at a whim. You aren't, however, allowed to sell it on in its altered form (well, at least not in a mass produced fashion, as far as I'm aware). I think it may just be legal to buy a 360, modify it and then later sell it on, but that'd be a shaky legal argument based on you not having more than one 360, at best. Though, in fairness, the legality depends on the type of modification and its intent, which is also fairly shaky legal ground. Essentially, though, you may do as you damn well please with the hardware, and you are entitled to copy games for your own personal use. The industry is not required to make your life easy, but it can't actually argue against console modification legally without violating fair use laws. Any hardware modification voids your warranty, but software modifications don't, I don't think. Basically, you have to understand that companies have very, very little control over their products once they are sold on. They have certain rights when it comes to resale, but they're not fantastic, either. I'm not sure how enforceable "not for rental, resale or public viewing" laws are, if I'm honest.