Xbox Modder Sentenced to Five Months

The owner of console mod retailer Pandora's Cube, Biren Amin, was sentenced to five months of jail time and five months of house arrest, in addition to nearly $250,000 in fines for modding Xboxes and selling them to customers. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, and violating that oh-so-enveloping DMCA, whose original sentencing recommendations called for the dunking of people involved in changing or improving upon anything ever created, but was later toned down so it only "prohibits the manufacture and distribution of products or services that circumvent technological protection measures designed to prevent unauthorized access to and copying of copyrighted materials." Three other employees were found guilty and given lesser sentences.