WhiteWolf Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Sony has filed a new patent which may be useful in combating piracy. The patent was filed by them way back in August 2011, and according to it, if the load times are not within the range they have set, the software could be flagged. For the tech to be effective, a standard average load time has to be set–specific or range–and if any software that exceeds the time set, it will be easy to block it. This way of blocking games is a little impractical because sometimes drives may not function as expected due to wear and tear. more here http://www.gamechup.com/sony-patents-tech-that-tracks-load-times-to-detect-pirated-software/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanjosh Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Load times of games? wtf.. so they'll deliberately slow down load times of OG games so that faster games can be flagged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sackboy Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 So If Install the game on a SSD, I pirated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 That is not practical. They will need to work a lot on that. Also, by load times, they mean the time taken for game to load from Disc Drive, not HDDs or SSDs, as it is impossible for everyone to have same HDD performance ALWAYS. Still, patent is not really practical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Drake' Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 not going to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkrider Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 So what would actually happen when the lens becomes weak with time..or the disk getting some scratches?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPHA17 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Sony has filed a new patent which may be useful in combating piracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shantz Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Haven't read the patent but my company has invested a significant sum as well in another start up which is doing something similar (but instead of pirated stuff, it is about detect malicious software), so it may not be as impractical as it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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