Sony Suing Geohot and others over PS3 Hacking

[noname2200]

steverhcp02 said:

noname2200 said:

Sony put in place to ensure its monopoly over the system.

Wow, well im done, i wasted too much time typing thought out responses and then i hit refresh and am hammered with this nonsense, later guys good luck.

I'm assuming that you are not familiar with the definition of the word "monopoly," and that you only know its negative connotation.  Allow me to educate you:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/monopoly

 

1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market...

Now, allow me to cut and paste language from Sony's own motion.

"All genuine PS3 Systems are manufactured with technological protection measures that effectively control access to the PS3 System and prevent unlicensed or copied software from playing on the PS3 System"

Broken down into plain English, Sony designed the PS3 in order to control what software can and can not run on the system.  It intended to have exclusive control over the PS3 market.  It was, quite simply, a monopoly.

Now, I don't use that word as an insult in any way, shape, or form.  All videogame consoles are monopolies: the creator controls who can and can not make games for that system.  That is their incentive for creating the console in the first place.  I do not see this as a bad thing; there's a reason they risk hundreds of millions of dollars in making these things, and that's to reap the rewards from the monopoly they created over the system.

But my sarcastic apologies if you were offended by my use of the correct term.