A Patent may allow Sony to ensure that no game would be playable from any console other than the one in which it was first read.
Joystiq is reporting that this patent is the source of the many rumours that will mean as much to gamers as DRM is for music fans.
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.
A device and method for protection of legitimate software against used software and counterfeit software in recording media. The device includes a disk is set in a main unit. A specific title code is read, and if this title code has been registered, the main unit shifts to a normal operation. If the code has not been registered, verification software is initiated, PG detection is performed, and when a PG pattern and verification data match, the code is registered in the COCT. If matching does not occur, the disk is processed as illegitimate software.
Inventors: Kutaragi; Ken (Kanagawa, JP); Kawai; Eiji (Tokyo, JP); Miura; Kazuo (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo, JP)
Appl. No.: 550848
Filed: April 17, 2000
note the date it was filed. i don't really know anything about applying for patents or what exactly is researched to approve one, but isn't almost 6 years a long time for a application for a patent to be sitting?
What the fuck? That's basically just BEGGING their customers to go the pirating route rather than actually legally using heir products. I mean, think about it. There is absolutely no crime in lending a legal game disc to friend, or playing it on another console. I mean, think about it. You own a physical copy of the disc. By lending it to someone else, you are temporarily giving up your ownership of it in a way. The only person that's able to play it is the one who has the disc. What's the problem with that
eepberries wrote:What the fuck? That's basically just BEGGING their customers to go the pirating route rather than actually legally using heir products. I mean, think about it. There is absolutely no crime in lending a legal game disc to friend, or playing it on another console. I mean, think about it. You own a physical copy of the disc. By lending it to someone else, you are temporarily giving up your ownership of it in a way. The only person that's able to play it is the one who has the disc. What's the problem with that
Technically you're not allowed to lend games to friends.
Hey, I've just thought of a tedious copy-protection scheme/invasive DRM technique/needlessly proprietary new format! Well slap my thigh and call me Sony.
I don't believe Sony will implement this sort of technology in the PS3. It's too far out there. If they do, however, it would be the worst mistake they've ever made.
And while people talk about pre-owned games, renting games and lending a game to a friend (which all could be not entirely legal) there's also the issue of coming over to a friend's place to play some game. It would mean I'd have to bring my own console over to play a game.
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
that's great. now point me to this "debunking".
well, the fact that the patent is 6 years old might also be a clue
sorry, that's not a debunk.
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well its a lot more credible than the usual "big companies are evil"-routine started (in this case) by someone who just happened to stumble upon the patent
sony is a lot smarter than this
MKJ wrote:
well, the fact that the patent is 6 years old might also be a clue
sorry, that's not a debunk.
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well its a lot more credible than the usual "big companies are evil"-routine started (in this case) by someone who just happened to stumble upon the patent
sony is a lot smarter than this
just not smart enough to pull the wool over consumers' eyes.
