Sony Launches World’s Fastest Internet Service
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^Google's ISP may not be fastest, but I bet it is one of the most reliable ISPs, and most open with fewer restrictions like bandwidth caps, web filtering/blocking, or throttling Bittorent and Peer to Peer file sharing traffic like other ISP which been caught throttling file sharing traffic.
Plus, Google's ISP would probably be more secure, and stable since Google's services is rarely offline for many days like PSN was when Anonymous hacked them.
I can't trust using a Sony branded ISP since Sony used DRM/Digital Rights Management software on music CDs which installed rootkits on computers according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal . Sony also sued Geohot the hacker which caused Anonymous to knock PSN offline for an extended amount of time because of a DDoS. I think other Sony websites were hacked by Anonymous after Geohot was attack by Sony.
Sony also makes movies like Spiderman, and produces music for Taylor Swift, and the late Micheal Jackson, so if they tracked that I watch an illegally uploaded trailer for a Sony produce movie, or song from Sony, I be afraid I get sued by Sony Studios for piracy.
I rather settle for 1Gbps speeds than subscribe to an ISP owned by Sony which supports DRM, sue innocent people like Geohot for hacking his own PS3, and Sony could possibly track and sue its own customers for pirating Sony's movie, music, and games even if it was not intentional like a kid who watches a pirated trailer of Spiderman, or listened to an entire Micheal Jackson song on a non-Sony YouTube Channel.
Plus, Google's ISP would probably be more secure, and stable since Google's services is rarely offline for many days like PSN was when Anonymous hacked them.
I can't trust using a Sony branded ISP since Sony used DRM/Digital Rights Management software on music CDs which installed rootkits on computers according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal . Sony also sued Geohot the hacker which caused Anonymous to knock PSN offline for an extended amount of time because of a DDoS. I think other Sony websites were hacked by Anonymous after Geohot was attack by Sony.
Sony also makes movies like Spiderman, and produces music for Taylor Swift, and the late Micheal Jackson, so if they tracked that I watch an illegally uploaded trailer for a Sony produce movie, or song from Sony, I be afraid I get sued by Sony Studios for piracy.
I rather settle for 1Gbps speeds than subscribe to an ISP owned by Sony which supports DRM, sue innocent people like Geohot for hacking his own PS3, and Sony could possibly track and sue its own customers for pirating Sony's movie, music, and games even if it was not intentional like a kid who watches a pirated trailer of Spiderman, or listened to an entire Micheal Jackson song on a non-Sony YouTube Channel.
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Sony can sue offending users who pirate Playstation games, Music from Sony Music, and Movies like Spiderman, and they earn millions of dollars when people need to pay fines for pirating files like how the RIAA, MPAA, and other media groups sued many people for millions of dollars for pirating a few songs.Nuke said:
For example: Beyonce 4 CD Leak: Sony Sues Man Who Pirated '4' For $233,000
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got to say, this is needed if Sony is ever going to pull off 4k resolution streaming with the PS4.
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2... 2 GB's? Holy shit. I'll stick to Google Fiber though when I upgrade.
I'd be extremely wary that Sony would be spying on everything their users did.
Sure their internet speed is pretty good... But what's the point if you use it and the next thing you know they're hauling your butt into court because you watched a video someone else uploaded on a streaming site. (Or if your child or a friend downloaded some music at your place because your internet is faster...)
And it just seems like a conflict of interest. They want to see what users are doing with internet so they can go after them to sue them. (And this would give them all the info they needed... Since to get the So-net you'd need to provide your name, address, etc... Plus they'd have you sign a contract saying what you could and couldn't do with their service. And almost no one reads the full contract...)
I imagine that it won't be too long after this before Sony comes along and sues someone.
I don't think this is a good idea and I hope that it fails pretty hard so Sony will give up trying to be an ISP.
Sure their internet speed is pretty good... But what's the point if you use it and the next thing you know they're hauling your butt into court because you watched a video someone else uploaded on a streaming site. (Or if your child or a friend downloaded some music at your place because your internet is faster...)
And it just seems like a conflict of interest. They want to see what users are doing with internet so they can go after them to sue them. (And this would give them all the info they needed... Since to get the So-net you'd need to provide your name, address, etc... Plus they'd have you sign a contract saying what you could and couldn't do with their service. And almost no one reads the full contract...)
I imagine that it won't be too long after this before Sony comes along and sues someone.
I don't think this is a good idea and I hope that it fails pretty hard so Sony will give up trying to be an ISP.
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The laws in Japan are also very tough on Piracy like Anti-Downloading Law Hits Japan, Up To 2 Years in Prison.
I imagine that Sony could shutdown the ISP after a few years, and use the tracking data they collected after years of being an ISP to sue many former customers for piracy, and earn millions to billions of dollars from piracy fines since fair use does not seem to exist in Japan according to Wikipedia since Japan is not in the Fair Use Wiki, so watching an auto-play video or music of copyright media can be consider piracy.
Plus, Sony would be more willing to turn information over to media groups like the RIAA, and MPAA since they all work in the same industry, and are affiliated with each other.
I imagine that Sony could shutdown the ISP after a few years, and use the tracking data they collected after years of being an ISP to sue many former customers for piracy, and earn millions to billions of dollars from piracy fines since fair use does not seem to exist in Japan according to Wikipedia since Japan is not in the Fair Use Wiki, so watching an auto-play video or music of copyright media can be consider piracy.
Plus, Sony would be more willing to turn information over to media groups like the RIAA, and MPAA since they all work in the same industry, and are affiliated with each other.
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People, the reason Sony is doing this is because of their 4k streaming service, which for a full movie clocks in at 100GB. No internet currently could support that.
It's obvious this ISP gig is to gear up for future life of PS4 and PS5 which could lead the PS5 being online only.
It's obvious this ISP gig is to gear up for future life of PS4 and PS5 which could lead the PS5 being online only.
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I'm curious what speeds the consumers would actually get. I know I don't get the speeds my ISP promises.
Most corporations aren't evil per say... But looking at some of Sony's past actions should give you a pretty clear indicator where they fall on this issue.
And that isn't going to be on the consumer's side. (They have done some pretty anti-consumer things in the past. That rootkit issue mentioned? Yeah, that was bad. So would you really put it past a company, who has used dubious methods in the past, to be trusted to not repeat those actions when given the chance?)
Sony is a content producer (they own Sony Pictures with a number of subsidiaries, Recording Studios, an entire game division) and you know they want to do everything they can to curbstomp copyright infringement. So it wouldn't be much of a shocker for them to put in their Terms of Use for So-net what you can and can't do and that they can check at any time and take any legal action deemed necessary. So really lawsuits shouldn't be a surprise. So-net isn't for your benefit really... it's for theirs.
They might try dressing it up like it's a huge benefit or for their eventual 4K resolution streaming media or whatever, but that really likely isn't the largest component of why they're doing this.
It's like EA calling Simcity's always online requirement ok because it's an 'MMO'. We know it's a lie (and they know it's a lie too) but they're going to try it anyway because some people are foolish enough to believe it.
And that isn't going to be on the consumer's side. (They have done some pretty anti-consumer things in the past. That rootkit issue mentioned? Yeah, that was bad. So would you really put it past a company, who has used dubious methods in the past, to be trusted to not repeat those actions when given the chance?)
Sony is a content producer (they own Sony Pictures with a number of subsidiaries, Recording Studios, an entire game division) and you know they want to do everything they can to curbstomp copyright infringement. So it wouldn't be much of a shocker for them to put in their Terms of Use for So-net what you can and can't do and that they can check at any time and take any legal action deemed necessary. So really lawsuits shouldn't be a surprise. So-net isn't for your benefit really... it's for theirs.
They might try dressing it up like it's a huge benefit or for their eventual 4K resolution streaming media or whatever, but that really likely isn't the largest component of why they're doing this.
It's like EA calling Simcity's always online requirement ok because it's an 'MMO'. We know it's a lie (and they know it's a lie too) but they're going to try it anyway because some people are foolish enough to believe it.