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up aibohack.comOn 24 October 2001, Sony threatened legal action against the site aibohack.com for allegedly violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by posting add-ons to Sony's Aibo software on his site.EntriesAiboPet's Reborn Site http://www.aibohack.com/ Former developer and distributor of software to extend the Aibo's capabilities. Sony Shoos Away Robot-dog Hackers http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-275261.html "The robotics community is unhappy about the company's efforts to clamp down on customized Aibo behavior." By Graeme Wearden. [CNet] Sony Tightens Leash on Its Robotic Dog http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/technology/05AIBO.html "The Sony Corporation, invoking a controversial copyright law, has cracked down on disco dancing by Aibo, the company's robotic dog." By Amy Harmon. [NY Times] [Free registration required.]  Aibo Owners Biting Mad at Sony http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/11/48088 "Sony and Aibo owners have been at loggerheads all week, ever since Sony threatened to take legal action against an elder in the Aibo community for allegedly violating provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by posting enhancements to Sony's Aibo software on his site." By Farhad Manjoo. [Wired] Sony Uses DMCA To Shut Down Aibo Hack Site http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/28/005233 "Victor Matsuda, Vice President of Sony's Entertain Robot America (makers of AIBO), sent a letter to Aibopet.com citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] Aibo Custom Code Pulled from Website http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1495 "Complaints from Sony have led to the removal from the web of unauthorised computer programs that teach the Aibo robot dog to perform new tricks. However, the move has upset many Aibo enthusiasts." By Will Knight. [New Scientist] Robotics Enthusiast Forced to Pull Aibo-altering Code http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,2098461,00.htm "Sony has forced the removal of programs that changed the behaviour of its Aibo robot, such as giving it the power to dance along to music." By Graeme Wearden. [ZDNet UK] GoPetition: Get aibohack.com Back Online http://gopetition.com/info.php?petid=524 Petition to Sony to allow Aibopet to continue to produce value adding software for the Sony Aibo, and to allow him to distribute his software freely on www.aibohack.com. Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: No New Tricks for Robot Dog http://www.chillingeffects.org/anticircumvention/notice.cgi?NoticeID=24 Analysis of Sony's cease-and-desist letter to aibopet.com/aibohack.com. Pet Robot Owners Mad at Sony for Challenging Free Software http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-nontech/200111/msg00010.html "Many owners of the world's most sophisticated robot pet, the cuddly Aibo, are growling at Sony Corp. over its demand that a Web site stop distributing free software that teaches the machine new tricks." By Yuri Kageyama. [Associated Press] Aibo-Life: Open Letter to Sony http://www.aibo-life.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000390.html Angry letter to Sony and comments. Related categoriesAIBO Neigbour categoriesbnetd "bnetd" is a program to run private servers for Blizzard's multiplayer games. On 19 February 2002, Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard Entertainment demanded the shutdown of bnetd.org, claiming their Edward Felten et al v. RIAA et al On 6 September 2000, the SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) initiated a contest inviting people to break their "audio watermarking" technology intended to copy protect audio recordings. Google Erasure of Anti-Scientology Links Google removed links to prominent anti-Scientology sites in response to a DMCA violation notice Internet Radio USA v. ElcomSoft and Dmitry Sklyarov Dmitry Sklyarov is a Russian programmer for Elcom. Elcom sells AEBPR (Adobe eBook Processor), a tool to remove restrictions from encrypted PDF files that prevent users from making fair uses, such as (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks)
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