BC touched on a few of these things, so there might be a few repeats...
I don't own an xbox, but my friends do. I at least still know legal rights...
Which means you are trying to argue about something with which you have no experience. So far, you have not proven that you understand legal rights.
Most software/game companies allow backups of their disc to 'safeguard them from loss or scratches', some don't (this is written on their copyright statement or the disc itself). It is the same for PC games as well as console games.
No, most do not.
Some do, but most don't. But it doesn't matter because you would have to modify the Xbox 360 anyway, which is against the ToS.
However NO/CD cracks are legal if you own the game and even some game developers release them for people to use.
Some companies do indeed release them. That doesn't make all cracks legal; only the official ones.
Xbox is well known to scratch the disc like crazy if slightly bumped or moved with the disc still in the drive.
Microsoft has a 'money making scheme' ... oh i mean a 'disc replacement program' costing $20 per extra disc copy of a few of the games (not allowed to be copyed by the owner) and sent by post.
Like you said, you don't own a console...otherwise, you might realize that this is an overexaggeration. Most consoles don't have this issue at all; those that do are old models and it definitely requires more than a slight bump or simply moving the console.
Xbox 360 also has disc copying software provided. This is legal and even supported by / offically published by Microsoft. It copies the game to the HDD of the Xbox 360 to play without the disc.
Wrong, it is not disc-copying software. The 360 allows you to install a game like you would on the PC. The disc is still required.
Look it up before you go on a rant.
I have been a gamer since the NES, I write for gaming publications, and I have contacts with people at all of the major companies (Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, 2K, THQ, etc.). I don't know everything, but I am not at all unfamiliar with this subject.
My friend just messaged back:
Download the "DVD2XBOX" software onto your Xbox 360 console from Xbox Live and it appears under applications on the dashboard.
You should make sure your Xbox hard drive has plenty of free space before doing this.
Funny, I found that exact quote on several sites. Either your "friend" is lying or "he" simply doesn't know what he's talking about. It is a program that is packaged along with a certain mod. This is not a legal program and is not supported by Microsoft, so it certainly cannot be downloaded from Live. Also, this isn't even for the Xbox 360; it was for the original Xbox.
NOTE: Just because something is on eHow, that doesn't mean it works.
The older xbox360 games such as Halo 3 and such are not optimized for harddrive install and will run slower.
Oblivion installed to the harddrive has RIDICULOUSLY faster loading times as with Left 4 Dead games and Modern Warfare games, etc.
So, older games like Halo 3 run slower, but a game even older than that runs much faster? Your statements are contradictory. They are also false. It sounds like you are getting a lot of your info from this page:
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-619456.htmlKeep in mind that most of those people don't actually know what they are talking about. For the record, regardless of the game, the speed increase is negligible and most loading times will improve by only a few seconds. Some of the newest games are starting to beat these times, but there is not a huge difference yet.
Microsoft's 'Install To Hard Drive' feature is the new backup feature!
Except that it doesn't backup your games. You don't actually know the difference between a backup and an install, do you?
DVD2XBOX was the modded original version of this (third party), before Microsoft decided to allow it and make their own.
You have never used DVD2XBOX, so you don't realize that it is very different from the installation feature. But it doesn't matter anyway because it has nothing to do with the 360.
Backing up your game is perfectly legal, lots of game developers support it even Microsoft. 
You would be the worst game show contentast ever. It is
not perfectly legal and Microsoft absolutely does
not support backups. Their ToS explicitly states that they do not support them.
I also said 'Geometry Wars' is no way a part of Microsoft, they ripped off that from Mac (I think they might of even got sued).
You're right, Geometry Wars is in no way part of Microsoft. That's why they were never sued. Can't exactly be sued for something you had no part in. Geometry Wars was created by Bizarre Creations and they weren't sued either. What in the world are you even talking about?
So I'm saying they got the idea from DVD2XBOX and made their own builtin 'copying disc to hdd' application.
Yes, because PC's have never allowed you to install games. DVD2XBOX invented it. Good catch.
If you don't call copying an entire disc to your HD a backup, I don't know what you call it?
Seriously, how have you lasted this long on a computer help forum?
Verifying the disc (it's just a check to ensure it's legal) was added in an update
No, it wasn't. Verification has always been part of the disc installation.
Most of what you have said here is wildly incorrect and, frankly, a bit idiotic.
Excuse me while I quote this again...
Look it up before you go on a rant.
I don't have to "look it up" as I have loads of first-hand experience. The problem with simply looking it up is that your head gets filled with false information found by random postings on the internet. This is obviously a topic you know nothing about and the discussion would greatly benefit if you would kindly step aside.
