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EFF: Microsoft abusing DMCA to eradicate competing Xbox 360 accessories

Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge step into the legal game. Microsoft issued an Xbox 360 firmware update that blocked a less-expensive and non-Microsoft-made memory card from working on Xbox consoles. Datel Holdings sued, calling the disabling of memory cards a deliberate anti-competitive move “to perpetuate Microsoft’s market power” Microsoft has been accused of being no stranger to abusing the patent system and patent trolling for its own purposes. A court date has not yet been set, but it will be interesting to see if this plays out differently than when Sony cried foul against Playstation.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2229548/eff–microsoft-abusing-dmca-to-eradicate-competing-xbox-360-accessories.html

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