moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSony just axed the 60fps Bloodborne mod with a DMCA takedownwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSony just axed the 60fps Bloodborne mod with a DMCA takedownwww.theverge.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoWhat is the DMCA argument here? Does anyone know what was alleged by Sony? It would need to be either using copyrighted code or circumventing copy protection. Neither seems likely for a frame rate mod.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoCould be distributing a modified copy of a copyrighted binary.
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoPossible I suppose, but if that worked, not sure why they couldn’t just provide a diff patch that worked on the user’s existing binary…
What is the DMCA argument here? Does anyone know what was alleged by Sony?
It would need to be either using copyrighted code or circumventing copy protection. Neither seems likely for a frame rate mod.
Could be distributing a modified copy of a copyrighted binary.
Possible I suppose, but if that worked, not sure why they couldn’t just provide a diff patch that worked on the user’s existing binary…