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"The robotics community is unhappy about the company's efforts to clamp down on customized
Aibo behavior." By Graeme Wearden. [CNet]
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-275261.html
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Robotics Enthusiast Forced to Pull Aibo-altering Code
"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]
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2098461,00.html
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Pet Robot Owners Mad at Sony for Challenging Free Software
"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]
http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2001/11/07/aibo.html
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Sony Tightens Leash on Its Robotic Dog
"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.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/technology/05AIBO.html
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Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: No New Tricks for Robot Dog
Analysis of Sony's cease-and-desist letter to aibopet.com/aibohack.com.
http://www.chillingeffects.org/anticircumvention/notice.cgi?NoticeID=24
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Aibo Custom Code Pulled from Website
"Complaints from Sony have led to the removal from the web of unauthorised computer programs
that teach the Aibo robot dog to perform new tricks. However, the move has upset many Aibo
enthusiasts." By Will Knight. [New Scientist]
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991495
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Aibo-Life: Open Letter to Sony
Angry letter to Sony and comments.
http://www.aibo-life.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000390.html
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Sony Uses DMCA To Shut Down Aibo Hack Site
"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]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/28/005233
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Aibo Owners Biting Mad at Sony
"Sony and Aibo owners have been at loggerheads all week, ever since Sony threatened to take
legal action against an elder in the Aibo community for allegedly violating provisions of the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act by posting enhancements to Sony's Aibo software on his site."
By Farhad Manjoo. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48088,00.html
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GoPetition: Get aibohack.com Back Online
Petition to Sony to allow Aibopet to continue to produce value adding software for the Sony Aibo,
and to allow him to distribute his software freely on www.aibohack.com.
http://gopetition.com/info.php?petid=524
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AiboPet's Reborn Site
Former developer and distributor of software to extend the Aibo's capabilities.
http://www.aibohack.com/
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