Warner Bros. Sued for Pirating Anti-Piracy Technology

[Dimbo_Sama]

Amazed no one's made this joke yet

 

[Dioxide20]

Ba Dum ch

oh the irony...

 

[Dr. wonderful]

I do...I really do.

 

[Danpascooch]

Talk about being hypocritical.

I hope they get owned and pwned at this one, they fully deserve if it if the news is true. If they are trying so hard to crack US down, they deserve the same treatment. No excuses. A full blown court.

BRING IT!

I agree, if you're going to be big brother, you can't break the rules you're enforcing!

 

[Irridium]

Now watch as everything made by Warner Brothers is pirated.
Then they complain.
Then pirates mention this.
Then Warner Brothers cries, and tries to deny it.

Seriously, this is just... hilarious.

 

[joshthor]

well thats ironic. more ironic than the time i pirated a movie about pirates

What might be more ironic is you getting a ban, because accepting piracy in these forums equals suicide.

wow. sarcasm just does not compute with you does it?

 

[Counterwise]

well thats ironic. more ironic than the time i pirated a movie about pirates

What might be more ironic is you getting a ban, because accepting piracy in these forums equals suicide.

wow. sarcasm just does not compute with you does it?

Sarcasm works only if the others understand it. Explain to me, what makes your post sarcastic?
Your tone of voice?

 

[TheMoatMonster]

Made some changes to the logo. I was going to send them an email, ask them if they like it, and if they'd like to use it from now on.

 

[joshthor]

well thats ironic. more ironic than the time i pirated a movie about pirates

What might be more ironic is you getting a ban, because accepting piracy in these forums equals suicide.

wow. sarcasm just does not compute with you does it?

Sarcasm works only if the others understand it. Explain to me, what makes your post sarcastic?
Your tone of voice?

yes. also, the other guy got it.

well thats ironic. more ironic than the time i pirated a movie about pirates

Same here. Just ironic isn't it? xD Twats. They go on about piracy and they go pirate themselves.

 

[jords]

Sup dawg, I put some pirate in your anti-pirate so you can pirate while you pirate... pirate.

 

[Michael826]

 

[Miumaru]

Cartoon Network used to be good. I would like it if they lost lots of money.

Adult Swim could suffer though, and I dont want that gone. Where else will Fox animated shows go to be reborn?

 

[MurderousToaster]

I hope this is true.


I want it to be true.

Please, be true!

 

[Lem0nade Inlay]

If your anti-pirating technology was pirated, doesn't that mean that it's not really anti-pirating technology?

Maybe they had super pirating technology which could bypass the German anti-pirating system. But then the piracy would have to pirate and the whole anti-piracy pirating would pirate on itself!

...PIRATING!

 

[superbatranger]

Oh, what delicious, delicious irony.

 

[Asehujiko]

Sadly, Warner is going to win this suit because they're the huge corporation with near infinite pockets.

Sadly? This is a case of a corporation suing another corporation. And lets remember this is over anti-pirating technology, the ultimate evil. If Warner sinks the krauts with a drawn out court case, then they won't be making any anti-piracy tech. Sounds like a Win for us

I don't see how a precedent of "big corporations are allowed to use any and all means, even criminal to protect their market share." is a win for anybody except warner.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

Oh sweet irony.

 

[Jofrak]

I find it interesting that MPV took so long to file. I think there's more to this story than meets the eye.

Also, note the mention of a mis-file of the patent using a patent name owned by Warner above. I wouldn't be surprised if WB submitted their own patent for the tech after the confidential disclosure from MPV in order to secure patent rights. This assumes MPV isn't the one pulling something here.

An example: Perhaps MPV didn't get the patent fully registered before disclosing to WB. Now WB goes and patents the same thing, using their bottomless pockets to expedite the process, (or something along those lines.) Whether through this or other means, WB may have succeeded in giving themselves the legal foothold they need to claim legitimacy.

Now, I hate WB (and many similar criminal-corporations) so much that I typically avoid their media, even when it's 'free'. Nonetheless, I expect WB will win this, even if they deserve to lose it.

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Also, in response to Blue-State's post above, many of the anti-piracy technologies may be a fumble-fingered and frustrating for legit users in their designs, but the technology incorporated is at the request of media-controlling corporations. It's Warner's fault (and that of similar corporations) that they use the technology, not MPV's. It's Warner's fault that they criminalize such a wide variety of uses as piracy, not MPV's. And it's Warner who is apparently going and practicing hypocrisy in regards to their anti-piracy values.

MPV may build the weapons, but Warner is the one who decides where and when to point and shoot.

Hmm, this is true, however, and please do correct me if I'm wrong, if MPV can prove the idea was theirs to begin with the patent claimed by Warner is invalid, ie. if MPV have the documents etc. to say they worked on it from xx/xx/xx to xx/xx/xx and sent it to Warner on date xx/xx/xx after which Warner patented the idea.

 

[Low Key]

Cartoon Network used to be good. I would like it if they lost lots of money.

Cartoon Network is owned by Turner Broadcasting, not Warner Bros.

I stand corrected. I forgot they merged.