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Politics of Piracy Intended Midterm Article

Intended Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment,_Inc._v._Connectix_Corporation

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. v. Connectix Corporation revolved around the legality of reverse engineering Sony’s PSX hardware and firmware for commercial purposes. Specifically, Connectix reverse engineered the Playstation BIOS, which then became the foundation of Virtual Game Station, a Playstation emulator software designed for Mac. After VGS’s release, Sony filed for and successfully won an injunction against Connectix prohibiting further development or sale of the software. The two duked it out in court, with the Ninth Court of Appeals eventually ruling that Connectix’s reverse engineering equated to fair use.

The article cites exactly one source – the public domain released court opinion. In addition to adding more sources, I’d like to add a section summarizing contemporary video game journalism opinion about the case, as well as expand the section about ramifications going forward for the industry. Also, the article doesn’t discuss how good the Virtual Game Station actually was at emulating PS1 software – that strikes me as pertinent to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.229.107.17 (talk) 16:22, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]