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[-] vankappa@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

what is this shit? I warn you I need to know RIGHT NOW or im gonna cry

Basically, Sony owns a patent that forces you to say the brand name during a commercial break to end said commercial.. it’s from 2019, and it understandably stirred up some controversy back then.

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago
[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 year ago

Important context is that companies often just patent shit in case one day it's valuable. Yes IP is stupid, yes capitalism is evil.

[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

Only time, when patent trolling is good, so other companies won't be able to use it, unless they shell out a lot of money to Sony.

[-] vankappa@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

thanks, even the fact that somebody thought about it, and thought that somebody else could do it before them, it's nightmarish

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