Unfortunately, Sony is within their rights under the DMCA (a bad law in our quickly maturing police state). But wouldn't they be a lot more successful by co-opting this hacker's work and selling it to Aibo lovers? Copyright law shouldn't need to be used to stifle innovation.
Quick, while you still can, program your Aibo to bite the hand that feeds it...
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Sunday October 28, 2001 @01:57AM (#2488981)
"But wouldn't they be a lot more successful by co-opting this hacker's work and selling it to Aibo lovers?"
In a word...NO. Sony probably already had the idea to provide that kind of software, or if they didnt they do now. Now, they can SELL it without someone saying "Hey, I thought of that first!". The poor guy can't do a damn thing because he did violate the DMCA. If he says something, he can go to jail. So now, he has to sit and suck it up and see his idea getting sold by a company with almost as much money as M$...Thank you DMCA, without you we wouldn't have travesties like this one...
"Kill the lawyers? Naw, let's start with the poloticians!"
Now, they can SELL it without someone saying "Hey, I thought of that first!". The poor guy can't do a damn thing because he did violate the DMCA. If he says something, he can go to jail.
In this senario Sony would have stolen his IP. (Or maybe we should say "raped is IP", since that is the only other catagory of crime where a perp can use the law to reverse the apparent roles of perp and victim.)
The more cordial the buyer's secretary, the greater the odds that the
competition already has the order.
Roll over, play dead (Score:2, Insightful)
Quick, while you still can, program your Aibo to bite the hand that feeds it...
Re:Roll over, play dead (Score:0)
In a word...NO. Sony probably already had the idea to provide that kind of software, or if they didnt they do now. Now, they can SELL it without someone saying "Hey, I thought of that first!". The poor guy can't do a damn thing because he did violate the DMCA. If he says something, he can go to jail. So now, he has to sit and suck it up and see his idea getting sold by a company with almost as much money as M$...Thank you DMCA, without you we wouldn't have travesties like this one...
"Kill the lawyers? Naw, let's start with the poloticians!"
Re:Roll over, play dead (Score:2)
In this senario Sony would have stolen his IP.
(Or maybe we should say "raped is IP", since that is the only other catagory of crime where a perp can use the law to reverse the apparent roles of perp and victim.)