If fanboys made the rules... - Blu-ray Forum

Musashi · 08-30-2007, 01:11 PM

One bit of fanboy talk we've all heard is that it isn't fair that Sony owns a major movie studio and co-invents formats and makes players for them. Somewhere around Page 6 of the HDDVD Zealot thread, a guy from AVS who claimed this was quoted.

It all got me thinking: what if it was illegal to publish on a format you helped invent?

-Sony Music couldn't publish (they invented CD).
-SCEI couldn't publish games on any PlayStation, or even on the Sega CD back when they supported it. (CD, DVD, BD all co-invented by Sony)
-No DVDs from Sony pictures
-No DVDs from Warner Bros.
But wait:
-Nintendo would be screwed; cartridges used on NES, SNES, N64 are all proprietary; GameCube uses proprietary disc; by fanboy law, all of their first party games would be illegal.
-Sega would have gone nowhere; Master System and Genesis used prop. carts. Dreamcast used custom GB disc. Only times they could do first party games would be on Sega CD and Saturn.

Good thing we have better rules than that; we'd be out a ton of good content otherwise

Blue · 08-30-2007, 01:45 PM

So does that mean Microsoft can't sell Office distribute IE or other applications on Windows - look out Linux!!!

russ · 08-30-2007, 01:59 PM

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One bit of fanboy talk we've all heard is that it isn't fair that Sony owns a major movie studio and co-invents formats and makes players for them. Somewhere around page 4 of the HDDVD Zealot thread, a guy from AVS who claimed this was quoted.

Talk about grasping at straws. If a company weren't allowed to use something that it developed, there would be no innovation. We'd be living the same now that we did 150 years ago. Anyone who says that this isn't fair really needs to take a business class or two. Maybe learn a little about a concept known as vertical integration.

I wouldn't want to live in a world where I could not enjoy the fruits of my labor.

Musashi · 08-30-2007, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by russ

Talk about grasping at straws. If a company weren't allowed to use something that it developed, there would be no innovation. We'd be living the same now that we did 150 years ago. Anyone who says that this isn't fair really needs to take a business class or two. Maybe learn a little about a concept known as vertical integration.

I wouldn't want to live in a world where I could not enjoy the fruits of my labor.

Yep; Part of spreading FUD is having an oblivious double standard like the one who wrote that piece and the others who agreed with it.

Progress has to be good for business or it won't happen.

JTK · 08-30-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by russ

Talk about grasping at straws. If a company weren't allowed to use something that it developed, there would be no innovation. We'd be living the same now that we did 150 years ago. Anyone who says that this isn't fair really needs to take a business class or two. Maybe learn a little about a concept known as vertical integration.

I wouldn't want to live in a world where I could not enjoy the fruits of my labor.

You got it, especially that last paragraph.

gvortex7 · 08-31-2007, 05:52 AM

All the more reason why I think Sony is somewhat of a genius corporation. They help invent many of today's technology in the home theater world/entertainment industry and own subsidiaries to support it with software content. They got pretty much all the bases covered. That's why they're leaders and not followers. Oh, and they're pretty much envied/hated for this in many sectors.

08-30-2007, 01:11 PM	#1
Musashi Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Manchester, CT Home Theater Gallery:5 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:337 Blu-ray reviews: 1	If fanboys made the rules... One bit of fanboy talk we've all heard is that it isn't fair that Sony owns a major movie studio and co-invents formats and makes players for them. Somewhere around Page 6 of the HDDVD Zealot thread, a guy from AVS who claimed this was quoted. It all got me thinking: what if it was illegal to publish on a format you helped invent? -Sony Music couldn't publish (they invented CD). -SCEI couldn't publish games on any PlayStation, or even on the Sega CD back when they supported it. (CD, DVD, BD all co-invented by Sony) -No DVDs from Sony pictures -No DVDs from Warner Bros. But wait: -Nintendo would be screwed; cartridges used on NES, SNES, N64 are all proprietary; GameCube uses proprietary disc; by fanboy law, all of their first party games would be illegal. -Sega would have gone nowhere; Master System and Genesis used prop. carts. Dreamcast used custom GB disc. Only times they could do first party games would be on Sega CD and Saturn. Good thing we have better rules than that; we'd be out a ton of good content otherwise Last edited by Musashi; 08-30-2007 at 03:28 PM. Reason: Page # corrected

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