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Sony Uses DMCA To Shut Down Aibo Hack Site

Posted by timothy on from the what-are-they-thinking dept.

Therlin writes: "Victor Matsuda, Vice President of Sony's Entertain Robot America (makers of AIBO), sent a letter to Aibopet.com citing the Digital Mellennium Copyright Act. You can read the letter here. Aibopet is the website of an AIBO owner who enjoys researching AIBO. He also provides free software programs to improve and add features to the robots." I bet Sony won't increase their Aibo sales this way -- don't they like fanatical customers?

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  1. They are not totally wrong by SevenTowers · · Score: 5, Funny

    In fact I think it is well within Sony's rights to express concern over the dangerous software this man is writing. Imagine all those little robots going mad and attacking cats and babies... How much money would they lose then?

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    Imperium et libertas
    Autocracy and freedom
  2. DCMA by rbright · · Score: 5, Funny

    The DCMA makes me embarassed to be a citizen of the UAS.