Shibathedog Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Yay for this http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000530067666/ No more copy protected CDs (for now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Excellent, although Sony still refuses to address the problem or write up a formal apology (the latter will never happen, I know). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobdrakke Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 (edited) I would not be to happy about this if you have the cd with this protection you still have to enable to play or get a mac or linux to do the job. at (Mod edit: no romsites kthx, forums or otherwise) Birdcat posted this: Recieved this in an email from my dad this morning. He didn't include a source link, but I asked him for one, still waiting. If they go through with this, I won't recognize Sony as a console/game maker. Period. Saturday, November 12, 2005New Sony lockware prevents selling or loaning of games Sony has filed for a patent for a technology to tether a video-game to a console so that you can't sell it, loan it out, play it on a new console after your existing one is stolen or damaged, etc. Some speculate that this is intended for use with the PS3, but wherever it's deployed, it's very consistent with Sony's ongoing contempt for its customers. Once you've installed rootkits onto everyone's PCs, what's a little unfair trade practices aimed at killing the aftermarket? The technology would allow an authentication code to be read and then rendered unreadable, making the software unplayable on any machine but the one which first read it. more is stated in the above link. Edited November 14, 2005 by Agozer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdy Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 the games are going to have to be cheaper then IMO if they wanna raise that demand curve else....*eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooo BOOOM!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Sorry, but that site hosts roms. You know what that means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 I didn't see that, but I know which forum Birdcat is on.. The writer of FCEUXD, along with others, have discovered that the Sony protection code, written by First4Internet, has violated several licences by including other people's work as their own. Sony have hidden this fact (or they didn't know). More (rather technical) stuff is HERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Haha, I was just about to post that. Muzzy, along with the writes of that blog were the first to discover the questionable components that First 4 Internet used in its XCP protection. I say bury those flockers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.S.D Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I never buy Sony CD anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/11/17/13502...tid=188&tid=158It seems that the Sony DRM has some GPL'd anti-DRM which could mean that it is not legal in most countries, and it also infringes copyrights and even violates the DMCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdy Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 funny how sony is pretty much in trouble everywhere they do business; shiit, had they really done this, their execs. would probably in trouble just about everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Sony BMG is indeed knee-deep in all this, and First 4 Internet gets their fair share, since they were the ones who "coded" the XCP in the first place. If it wasn't for Mark Russinov(sp?) who knows what would have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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