| deskpro2k3 said: You're right, it might be irrelevant because it only works on the ps3 fat. |
No... that's not why it's irrelevent. It's irrelevent because it's not related.
No matter how many people plan to pirate, whether it be 1 or 34 million... it in no way justifies the removal of features advertised.
Simply because it's out of Sony's hands at that point. They promised a feature and delivered it.
It would be like if Ford sold you a car... then realized that the radio could be used to allow people to steal sattelite radio transmissions so they took out the radio's out of all the cars they've already sold.
That would clearly not only be against the law, but an infringment on the consumers rights.
Once you've sold something to a consumer it's out of your hands... well in Europe. Not sure this lawsuit will hold ground in the US. EULA's and TOS' don't really mean anything when they go against the established laws of your country. Which honestly most do if anyone bothered to challenge them in court. There just isn't much reason to bother, partly because well judges aren't exactly the most technologically savy people... I mean check out how much of a crap shoot patent lawsuits are.
Sony is free to modify their product... like when they removed other OS from slim PS3s... however to remove features from a product already sold... even the US they may lose. Which is why you can expect it to be settled out of court.
