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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. wrong spelling by Bandito · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You know even the comment box tells you to preview your posts...

    DCMA -> DMCA

    C'mon!

    1. Re:wrong spelling by grammar+nazi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Your knew hear. Eye can tell.

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    2. Re:wrong spelling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It amazes me how people can mix up two acronyms in a simple four acronym word.

      During the IDSA rampage on emulation and ROM sites, many people for no reason whatsoever turned against a consultant IBM AS/400 community , or, Innovative Systems Design Association as opposed to the Interactive Digital Software association.

  2. Re:First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Osama gives great head too..

    He has personally blown every Taliban soilder who pledges total loyalty

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  4. Re:Not First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Hey Mr. TheLionMan,

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  5. I don't doubt it at all... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sony are a bunch of lying coniving bastards. And that's putting it nicely.

    There is a company owned by Sony on the West Coast that Sony was trying to pawn off on a local company here on the East Coast in what Sony considered good "merger" material. After reviewing Sony's claims to this company, said East Coast company did some checking around and found out that the West Coast company was in the hole several million and burning through a lot of cash AND West Coast company didn't have a viable product or a business plan. So if East Coast company took on the West Coast company, East Coast would fire everyone on the west coast and soak up the expenses, so then Sony could claim positive numbers in Q4. At least that's what Sony wanted to happen. Fortunately East Coast company figured this all out and realized it really isn't worth a lot of money to have your name next to Sony's especially when they're lying bastards.

    I feel sorry for the Aibo person, but this is what the DMCA is all about...