JEMC said:
Monday news, the long part two:
PlayStation loses fight in EU courts to stop sale of 'parasite' mods because, among other reasons, a book author can't stop 'the reader from skipping to the end'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/playstation-loses-fight-in-eu-courts-to-stop-sale-of-parasite-mods-because-among-other-reasons-a-book-author-cant-stop-the-reader-from-skipping-to-the-end/
PlayStation's just lost a landmark court case that could set some precedent for cheating software in the EU—which is probably better for the consumer than it sounds at first blush.
As reported by EuroNews, PlayStation has recently been embroiled in a legal bout with Datel, who have been selling software that allows players to cheat at videogames. The software in question gave players infinite boosts in MotorStorm, but it also—in a less cheaty fashion—allowed them to control it using motion controls, which seems pretty benign to me.
The case made it to the highest court in the EU, the Court of Justice, and has been thoroughly dismissed in Datel's favour. Despite Sony's argument that the software "latches on … like a parasite" to the console, the judges maintain that the software involved merely impacts its RAM rather than the program itself, so it's all fair play:
"The Directive on the legal protection of computer programs does not allow the holder of that protection to prohibit the marketing by a third party of software which merely changes variables transferred temporarily … The directive protects only the intellectual creation as it is reflected in the text of the computer program’s source code and object code."
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See this is why I don't get why anyone would root for Sony or Nintendo, as both do not like emulation, nor modding.
If Sony does eventually make their own PC storefront, you can bet your sweet bippy they won't be supporting the PC modding community (they were the ones that originally helped fund and pushed for Denuvo in the first place, and that was primarily aimed at PC gamers, not other platforms, which comes off as a hostile agressive take from Sony's end if you ask me).
Last edited by Chazore - on 21 October 2024
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