Legality of mod chips?

[Serpent]

Hi everyone.

I don't know how many here are aware that http://www.isonews.com got taken down, primarily because the site founder used to sell mod chips through the site. He was apparently convicted for mod chip selling under DMCA provisions.

So my question: how do people here in the US openly sell modchips? Are they doing this at a risk? Because till the isonews founder got taken down, I didn't realize that the DoJ would come down so hard on mod chip sellers.

Thanks.