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Aibo-Life: Open Letter to Sony - http://www.aibo-life.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000390.html
Angry letter to Sony and comments. |
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Pet Robot Owners Mad at Sony for Challenging Free Software - http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-nontech/200111/msg00010.html
"Many owners of the world's most sophisticated robot pet, the cuddly Aibo, are growling at Sony Corp. over its demand that a Web site stop distributing free software that teaches the machine new tricks." By Yuri Kageyama. [Associated Press] |
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Sony Uses DMCA To Shut Down Aibo Hack Site - http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/28/005233
"Victor Matsuda, Vice President of Sony's Entertain Robot America (makers of AIBO), sent a letter to Aibopet.com citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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Sony Tightens Leash on Its Robotic Dog - http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/technology/05AIBO.html
"The Sony Corporation, invoking a controversial copyright law, has cracked down on disco dancing by Aibo, the company's robotic dog." By Amy Harmon. [NY Times] [Free registration required.] |
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Robotics Enthusiast Forced to Pull Aibo-altering Code - http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,2098461,00.htm
"Sony has forced the removal of programs that changed the behaviour of its Aibo robot, such as giving it the power to dance along to music." By Graeme Wearden. [ZDNet UK] |