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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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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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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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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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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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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://archive.midrange.com/midrange-nontech/200111/msg00010.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/software/0,1000000121,2098461,00.htm
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Sony Shoos Away Robot-dog Hackers
"The robotics community is unhappy about the company's efforts to clamp down on customized Aibo behavior." By Graeme Wearden. [CNet]
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-275261.html
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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 Son
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/11/48088
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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://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/28/005233
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