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minus-squareTechnicalCreative@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoBasically, Sony owns a patent that forces you to say the brand name during a commercial break to end said commercial… it’s from 2019, and it understandably stirred up some controversy back then.
minus-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agothe patent is from 2009 https://patents.google.com/patent/US8246454B2/en
minus-squarenaevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoImportant context is that companies often just patent shit in case one day it’s valuable. Yes IP is stupid, yes capitalism is evil.
Basically, Sony owns a patent that forces you to say the brand name during a commercial break to end said commercial… it’s from 2019, and it understandably stirred up some controversy back then.
the patent is from 2009 https://patents.google.com/patent/US8246454B2/en
Important context is that companies often just patent shit in case one day it’s valuable. Yes IP is stupid, yes capitalism is evil.