[WEB4LIB] DMCA going too far???

Raymond Wood raywood at magma.ca
Thu Nov 1 13:20:06 EST 2001


On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 10:05:30AM -0800, Charles P. Hobbs remarked:
> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000086726nov01.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%
> 
> Sony Corp. is using a controversial U.S. law aimed at
> protecting intellectual property to pull the plug on a Web
> site that helps owners of Aibo, Sony's popular and pricey
> robotic pet, teach their electronic dogs new tricks.

This should be no surprise (though it is good to know).  This is
exactly what the DMCA is for in the first place.

Raymond


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