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I was curious about this issue more as a matter of principle concerning Sony's policies regarding user generated data on a Playstation 3 gaming console.
Some Playstation 3 Video game developers have chosen to copy protect save data that is generated by the user and contains the user's game play progress thus preventing this data from being transferred to another Playstation 3 gaming console due to console failure or other justifiable reasons. In my mind, this practice may be illegal under the terms of fair use. I'm of the opinion that using a program such as Microsoft Word for example, you pay for the license to use the program but the documents you create with it are your intellectual property to distribute or do with as you please. In the case with the Playstation 3 gaming console, the games themselves would be the application in this example and the game play progress data that is generated would be the equivalent of a Word document in this analogy and therefore, property of the consumer to do with as he or she sees fit.
My argument is that this game save data that is generated in the coarse of using the application is my intellectual property and that the developer doesn't have the right to restrict my ability to copy it.
Any thoughts?
I was curious about this issue more as a matter of principle concerning Sony's policies regarding user generated data on a Playstation 3 gaming console.
Some Playstation 3 Video game developers have chosen to copy protect save data that is generated by the user and contains the user's game play progress thus preventing this data from being transferred to another Playstation 3 gaming console due to console failure or other justifiable reasons. In my mind, this practice may be illegal under the terms of fair use. I'm of the opinion that using a program such as Microsoft Word for example, you pay for the license to use the program but the documents you create with it are your intellectual property to distribute or do with as you please. In the case with the Playstation 3 gaming console, the games themselves would be the application in this example and the game play progress data that is generated would be the equivalent of a Word document in this analogy and therefore, property of the consumer to do with as he or she sees fit.
My argument is that this game save data that is generated in the coarse of using the application is my intellectual property and that the developer doesn't have the right to restrict my ability to copy it.
Any thoughts?