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2005-11-17 Science & Technology

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It appears Federal law my have been violated as well. Typical of "Big Corp" think Sony decided to ignore the furror and hope it would go away. Now someone my have to fall on their sword for the ham handedness and profits will be effected. I am considering a Xbox 360 over the PS3, something I would have never considered before this whole mess. Sony is now on my list of companies to not buy products from.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-11-17 01:10|| 2005-11-17 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Ooo..360..next week...yay! Here's my money Bill!

Posted by Thromotle Angerong5379 2005-11-17 02:08|| 2005-11-17 02:08|| Front Page Top

#3 SONY really missed an opportunity to "go for the screw-up gold". Unlike other companies that have been caught out, SONY didn't try to press criminal charges against Mark Russinovich for violating the DMCA. Which is surprising, because SONY is no stranger to the DMCA.

http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/unintended_consequences.php

Sony has invoked section 1201 to protect their monopoly on Playstation video game consoles, as well as their "regionalization" system limiting users in one country from playing games legitimately purchased in another.

Sony has also used the DMCA to threaten hobbyists who created competing software for Sonyâs Aibo robot dog, as well as to sue makers of software that permits the playing of Playstation games on PCs. In each of these two cases, the DMCA was used to deter a marketplace competitor, rather than to battle piracy.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-11-17 09:44|| 2005-11-17 09:44|| Front Page Top

#4 So - how many counts of criminal intrusion is that?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-11-17 10:47|| 2005-11-17 10:47|| Front Page Top

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