Hacking Is it legal?

[tipsy]

The R4 is like a DVD. Legal to buy and own, but can be used for illegal things.

- Sam

I think a better comparison would be an R4 is like Limewire or bitorrent, the client itself is not legal, but what people use it for usually is (pirating music, movies, games, etc...).

 

[pootman]

I use mine to watch TV/Films, legitimately converted from recorded (by me) broadcasts. That's legal.

Spending six hours out of an eight hour work shift to watch it all is legal too:

My employers might say that's too much television, but it's only a three inch screen.

So really, it's equivalent to less than a half-hour on a reasonably sized large screen.
(For those of you who have difficulty with arithmetic: 12x1/2hr=6hrs; 12x3"=36"; a half decent widescreen tv. QED.)

I'm contractually entitled (practically obliged, in fact) to a half-hour break on an eight hour shift.

So it's legal.

Right?

 

[HBK]

The R4 is like a DVD. Legal to buy and own, but can be used for illegal things.

- Sam


I think a better comparison would be an R4 is like Limewire or bitorrent, the client itself is not legal (illegal) , but what people use it for usually is (legal) (pirating music, movies, games, etc...).

I think you messed up a little there...or was it sarcasm?

 

[Shelleeson]

It breaks down like this: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and, if you're the proprietor of an R4, it's legal to sell it. It's legal to carry it, but that doesn't really matter 'cause - get a load of this - if you get stopped by the cops in Amsterdam, it's illegal for them to search you. I mean, that's a right the cops in Amsterdam don't have.

OMFG the best post in the thread. i was thinking the exact same thing as i was reading down.

 

[triforce209]

is there any news of a person getting caught with the r4, with illegal content in it?

 

[jalapeno]

You cant sell them on ebay.., so its not as legal as a dvd/player/writer.

 

[Strider]

You cant sell them on ebay.., so its not as legal as a dvd/player/writer.

Why not?? If no content is on it?