Man convicted for chipping Xbox

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"The man was sentenced to 140 hours community service and ordered to pay £750 in costs. The court also seized his equipment - three PCs, two printers, three Xbox consoles and 38 hard drives. "

and theeen they follow up with this ridiculous paragraph.

("It sends a clear message to anyone tempted to become involved in chipping consoles that this is a criminal offence and will be dealt with accordingly," said Mr Rawlinson, deputy director general of Elspa.)

is it just me or does this seem idiotic to anyone else..
The guy barely got a slap on the hand if that. Any idiot profiting from the sale of that much pirated crap deserves a little jail time.. Hell at least a year.
For christ's sake he could pay that fine with the money he got from selling 2 of the boxes for which he was selling at £380 a shot. The only thing he suffered was the money he lost on the seized equipment!
Does anyone else think this guy would've gone down a lot harder in the USA?