Germany Bans the Xbox 360

[Robert Ewing]

Motorola is just mad because nobody buys their shit phones anymore.

 

[Imthatguy]

Is the patent own by Motorola Mobility or Motorola Solutions?

 

[BENZOOKA]

This is interesting. I hope it raises some fruitful discussion about patents etc., but it most probably won't.

 

[Snotnarok]

This is hardly big news, by the time the appeals fall out the 360 will be dead. And we all know there won't be any backward compatibility for 360 games in the new one.

 

[Eppy (Bored)]

So what exactly happens if Windows 7 becomes illegal/has to be recalled? Has Motorola suddenly forced an entire country to switch to Apple products? It could be like some kind of bizarre iPocalypse.

 

[DirtyJunkieScum]

So what exactly happens if Windows 7 becomes illegal/has to be recalled? Has Motorola suddenly forced an entire country to switch to Apple products? It could be like some kind of bizarre iPocalypse.

I thought I'd heard something about Angela Merkel buying a load of Apple shares...

 

[F4LL3N]

Can't they just replace the codec with another or remove it completely?

 

[Draconalis]

Smart move... appeal till the X-box 7000 comes out... the 360 is old enough to warrant not being sold anymore.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

Somehow, I don't see Microsoft giving up this case so easily.

They'll probably try to exhaust every option they can to keep their products in Germany until Motorola runs out of money or patience to continue the whole process. I'm not too familiar with the specifics of the patent that these two companies are having a big courtroom battle over, but I've seen enough stories about big companies basically wearing out the opposing party's wallet until they win these kind of debates to see that, unless Motorola has a lot of financial backing, they're not particularly intimidating Microsoft.

But I'm not too familiar with Germany's judicial system, either, so this might be something to pay more attention to, I dunno.

 

[The Great JT]

Well, that sucks. Sorry, Germany.

 

[Chunga the Great]

These kinds of news always remind me of this quote:

"If the real world could be patented like software, expect to be sued every time you place one foot in front of the other to propel yourself forwards."

Oh, this thread is gonna have so many nazi jokes, isn't it? *sigh*

I can say I did nazi this coming.

Anne Frankly, I won't stand for it.

Really Reiching for puns, aren't we?

These Nazi jokes are making me Fuhrerious.

I don't know about you but I'm Goebbeling them up

So distasteful, I kamph believe you people!

Can we stop it with the Nazi puns, please; they're offensive and take me out of Mein Kampfort zone.

Come on, it's just for Auschwitz and giggles. Nothing wrong with that, SSurely?

Maybe some Luft-waffles will cheer everyone up. The we can Getstapoo with the Nazi puns?

You should have known that this was Goering to be a long thread.

Wermacht have to stop, we could seriously offend some people.

So distasteful, I kamph beleive you people!

You must stop this Reich now or you will create a bad Model for others to follow.

 

[Sangreal Gothcraft]

Hehe these puns are breaking Mien Spleen apart. I can smell a Scheiße storm brewing..

 

[thedeathscythe]

Oh wow... This is something else...
I can't tell if this is just, or just a case of patent trolling gone horribly wrong.
Why did they wait this long?

It was probably delayed in courts. Chances are it was filed shortly after Kinect came out. That's what big companies do, delay the courts until you lose interest or you make more money from it and hire more lawyers to keep stalling or come up with a defence.

OT: This is pretty shocking to be banned in Germany, but even with all they're gonna throw at them and charge them, this is mere pennies for Microsoft. This isn't going to bankrupt them or anything.

 

[Cecilthedarkknight_234]

so they are going to take all of those metals that are bi*** to get and just smash them.. makes sense to me.

 

[Saulkar]

These kinds of news always remind me of this quote:

"If the real world could be patented like software, expect to be sued every time you place one foot in front of the other to propel yourself forwards."

Oh, this thread is gonna have so many nazi jokes, isn't it? *sigh*

I can say I did nazi this coming.

Anne Frankly, I won't stand for it.

Really Reiching for puns, aren't we?

These Nazi jokes are making me Fuhrerious.

I don't know about you but I'm Goebbeling them up

Can we stop it with the Nazi puns, please; they're offensive and take me out of Mein Kampfort zone.

Agreed. I am going Rammel into anyone who posts another one.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I love clicking on a serious sounding thread and finding it full of nazi jokes.
I wish I was kidding.

OT: Are they actually going to go through with this? It's madness.

Madness? THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAA!

 

[esperandote]

Winners, sony and nintendo.

 

[vivster]

so it's not germany vs xbox it's motorola vs microsoft and they happen to choose a german court
and also the ruling isn't even in effect yet

way to blow up a title....

 

[xxcloud417xx]

These kinds of news always remind me of this quote:

"If the real world could be patented like software, expect to be sued every time you place one foot in front of the other to propel yourself forwards."

Oh, this thread is gonna have so many nazi jokes, isn't it? *sigh*

I can say I did nazi this coming.

Anne Frankly, I won't stand for it.

Really Reiching for puns, aren't we?

These Nazi jokes are making me Fuhrerious.

I don't know about you but I'm Goebbeling them up

Can we stop it with the Nazi puns, please; they're offensive and take me out of Mein Kampfort zone.

Agreed. I am going Rammel into anyone who posts another one.

What the Heil is wrong with you all? This is absolutely no laughing matter.

 

[Xman490]

Yes, ban Xbox 360s. Punish the consumers for something the technicians did wrong. It's not like a simple money payment could reconcile the problem. This isn't like that Zimmerman case.

Seriously, bail money for murder makes no sense, but a monetary penalty for this would make much more sense than destroying products.