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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. Re:Just plain wrong. by Tom7 · · Score: 2, Troll


    What will it take?
    Massive civil disobedience, a la Napster...

    I don't think that the IP holders can win this war the way they're trying to. Until they provide the same materials more conveniently, there will be always be Napsters and Morpheuses and Aibohacks. As one is shut down, others will pop up.

    The DMCA might be a bad law, but effectively I'm able to take all the rights I'd wish to have under a perfect system. So do most people. So who is winning?

  2. Heh, now my sig has more meaning... by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 2, Troll

    I'm probably going to get moded as a troll or flambait just for sharing, but here goes:

    S.O.N.Y Suing Others Now You!

    A.I.B.O...And It Becomes Opressive.

    (My sig was in error as I had *Opressed* insted of *Repressed*, but I was corrected. I wonder if Monty Pytho's creators would sue for getting their quotes wrong in sigs? (shudder) )

    --
    Have you read the moderator guidelines? Well, have you, PUNK? (and I want a Karma: Gnarly option)