IP: Re: Quick look at new Sony stuff

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:45:09 -0600
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
> From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org>
> Subject: Re: IP: Quick look at new Sony stuff
>
> At 04:20 AM 9/20/2001, David Farber wrote:
>
> >[WPC2001] SONY EXHIBITS VAIO MX PC, NEW WARES FOR FALL-WINTER SALES
> >The most eye-catching area at Sony Corp.'s World PC Expo 2001 exhibition
> >booth is the "AIBO corner."
>
> ><http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/frm/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/event/1 
> 43638>
>
> Dave, have you noticed that Sony is pushing its copy-protected "MiniDiscs" and
> "Memory Sticks" as storage media for all of these devices? This is because 
> Sony
> is a media empire as well as a consumer electronics empire.
>
> Those who do not want to risk having to violate the DMCA to exercise
> their right to fair use -- or, in some cases, to copy material which they
> themselves created -- should think twice before buying these products.
>
> --Brett



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