Judge in Xbox 360 modding trial: what are we doing here?

Under fair rights use don't we have the legal right to make a single copy of any media we purchase? If so then the makes should not be allowed to make it so you can't use YOUR media be it the original disc or your copy.
And yes I know that "well how can we make sure they are only using a copy of their media that they purchased?" You can't, but you could require a verification that you own the media before you can use a 1: burned copy of your media or 2: a digital copy on such a thing as a home-network or a thumb drive.

I mean how awesome would it be if you could either load up all your Xbox games onto a CD changer on your home network and flip through them all in one organized and safe place like in a 6 disc CD player or just play straight digital media from a server at your own home.
 
Stensland,
I think being able to use the hardware we pay for in anyway we sit fit shouldn't be prosecuted. I love the idea of having all of my games in one safe spot. However I don't like the idea of not owning a physical copy of my media.
I can't remember the specific game, but I remember a few years back when a game came out it required authentication from the server to play the single player mode, and the server went down either just before or just after launch so most people couldn't play.
I can understand if a company will not support a modified piece of hardware, but to attempt to sue or disable the use of a console because someone decides they want to control their equipment is bogus to me.
to an earlier posters part we don't see PC manufacturers or ISPs saying, eh you don't have the latest drivers or security patches on your PC, so you are being banned.I think the way MS and some of the manufacturers have handled the console modding revolution has been down right stupid.
 
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