Sony Gets Other OS Class-Action Lawsuite Dismissed

[Izo]

fordy said:

Izo said:
It comes down to this. Sony protected themselves by slashing OS. It was a feature that not many used and alot of people would rather Sony lose massive amounts of money so 1% can keep there OS and they dont care about the 99% who will hack online lobbies and pirate games. I don't play these games, it sucks for the small amount of people who did use it but the idea that Sony is telling us what to do is laughable. They saw a big problem and reacted. You got the choice to keep OS if you wanted it if not that's your choice to make.

So I have these question for anyone who would like to answer.
Should Sony have kept OS even it would've cost millions in pirating?
Do corporations have the same right consumers do?
How would you handle this situation if you were Sony?

Should Sony have kept OS even it would've cost millions in pirating?

That's a loaded question. OtherOS does not directly correlate with piracy.

 

Do corporations have the same right consumers do?

Any generic company-bought conservative would tell you that corporations are people. However, when does a person have the right to go into other people's places and modify their hardware? By this stance, corporations have MORE power than people.

 

How would you handle this situation if you were Sony?

The same way I've been advocating for months. Relinquish control on client based systems and tighten controls on the online service. People don't get trodden on and Sony keeps online cheating/piracy at bay.

1.  It can directly correlate if they find a door through OtherOS that Pirates will exploit to pirate games which is the fear that caused Sony to remove it in the first place.

2.  It really comes down to this. I created a product and someone is going to do something that benefits a few while causing damage to me and the majority. The question I'm asking is do people have "rights" to get back a small feature no matter how much harm they do to get it?

3. That still doesn't stop pirates from getting free software.

Another thing is people act like Sony randomly decided to take something away from it's consumers and no one cares how reasonable it was. It's Geohots and the pirates that are responsable for OtherOS getting slashed.  From a just standpoint I understand they had to protect themselves. From a legal standpoint they clearly lost the case.