![]() Still, because the DMCA makes it illegal to break any encrypted digital code, AiboPet's actions made him a criminal. He never revealed the encryption code or the program he used to defeat it. None of the programs are usable without Sony hardware and software. AiboPet violated that copyright when he cracked the robot's source code to reverse-engineer software that allows Aibo owners to teach their pets to dance, speak, obey wireless commands and share the color video that serves as their vision, among other things. The copyright at the heart of the case protects Aibo's encrypted brain. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. ![]() The controversy poses serious questions about the proper use of robots in homes and exposes a potentially stifling effect of the U.S. Sony is currently struggling to resolve a copyright dispute that centers on the work of a quirky hacker known only as AiboPet. ![]() But the plastic pup has also caused its creators some grief. Aibo, the Sony Corporation's popular robot dog, has delighted scores of critics and consumers since its introduction.
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