Methinks he's got a good case to be made under DMCA exemptions for interoperability. While the programs are not independently created, running a lawfully archived copy of a game you have the right to use is a valid use of mod-chipping, and this interoperability is needed in order to use that lawful copy.
By the way why is the wired author calling this "jailbreaking" - it's modchipping, completely different from "jailbreaking".. in fact, he even used an iPhone as his graphic... o_O The two are completely unrelated.
Must be part of the 'newer' generation that was first introduced to taking back control of their devices through the efforts to unlock the iPhone rather than modchipping PS1/XBox/PS2/GC/etc. If not then he's a moron.
By the way why is the wired author calling this "jailbreaking" - it's modchipping, completely different from "jailbreaking".. in fact, he even used an iPhone as his graphic... o_O The two are completely unrelated.