Sony is launching legal action against my university because they are refusing to open up the student and staff IT accounts to scrutiny after Sony traced MP3 downloading to our uni, amongst others.
Not mentioned in these reports is the fact that the ACCC and other groups are siding with the uni's on the issue.
http://australianit.news.com.au/article ... 18,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 19,00.html
Suck it down Sony...
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ACCC? I'm guessing it's an Aussie thing, but what's it stand for?
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Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. Basically protects the Australian Consumers from big companies who have delusions of grandeur. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing Proff Alan Fels (president of the ACCC) rapping big bussiness on the knuckles and they sit there and take it like the bitches they are!RogueIce wrote:ACCC? I'm guessing it's an Aussie thing, but what's it stand for?
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All hail the protectors of Australian economic liberties, such as copy-protectionless CDs and regionless DVD players!Crown wrote:Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. Basically protects the Australian Consumers from big companies who have delusions of grandeur. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing Proff Alan Fels (president of the ACCC) rapping big bussiness on the knuckles and they sit there and take it like the bitches they are! :DRogueIce wrote:ACCC? I'm guessing it's an Aussie thing, but what's it stand for?
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I'll say, without Oz I wouldn't have my box set of NGE which works for Region 2 and 4.weemadando wrote:All hail the protectors of Australian economic liberties, such as copy-protectionless CDs and regionless DVD players!Crown wrote:Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. Basically protects the Australian Consumers from big companies who have delusions of grandeur. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing Proff Alan Fels (president of the ACCC) rapping big bussiness on the knuckles and they sit there and take it like the bitches they are!RogueIce wrote:ACCC? I'm guessing it's an Aussie thing, but what's it stand for?
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My uncle is an insurance agent and got a top-of-the-line 40" Sony WEGA XBR that was "damaged" in virtually for free (he needed to rent a van and get some help from friends)
I also heard a story where some guy when to Japan, bought a multidisc MiniDisc car stereo and it broke. Sony USA offered him $600 for the broken one to see what Sony Japan was doing.
I also heard a story where some guy when to Japan, bought a multidisc MiniDisc car stereo and it broke. Sony USA offered him $600 for the broken one to see what Sony Japan was doing.
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Lol, too many separate entities, surprised they haven't tried to buy one another out.phongn wrote:My uncle is an insurance agent and got a top-of-the-line 40" Sony WEGA XBR that was "damaged" in virtually for free (he needed to rent a van and get some help from friends)
I also heard a story where some guy when to Japan, bought a multidisc MiniDisc car stereo and it broke. Sony USA offered him $600 for the broken one to see what Sony Japan was doing.
phongn wrote: I also heard a story where some guy when to Japan, bought a multidisc MiniDisc car stereo and it broke. Sony USA offered him $600 for the broken one to see what Sony Japan was doing.
If Sony USA was being kept in the dark, wouldn't they just have to send somebody to Japan to buy the stuff?