Please see my replies below:
@asingh on a serious note tell me something ... till what degree are these laws valid ?
These laws are valid and hold value in court of law. Yes, if you take it in the perspective of India, where the judiciary system is slower than the creation time of the galaxy then they do not hold valid. LG just stopped all imports of the PS3 to EU. There lens readers cause some issue with discs and blue ray content. Though this has been lifted. But the infringement was successfully pulled through.
why am i not allowed to reverse engineer or modify code? i mean i legally purchased it so i can do whatever i want ?
Because it is intellectual property and not open free ware. This is the way business works. It is not a free ride.
although i wont use the information publicly. but still ...?
suppose tomorrow i reverse engineer the ps3 ... sony sues me... but if i break my ps3 i cant sue sony.. ? its my product whatever the hell do they want with it... they sold it to me now its my property...! wether i keep it in water oil...or under the bed...
You can store it as you deem wish. But you cannot make changes to the same. Same goes with destroying the product, but you cannot change it.
and what you said about stealing .. i really dont understand ... you built a technology i paid for it now whatever i want to do to it is mine.... unless i am exactly selling the same product as you using YOUR technology. If i copied your technology and made some modifications of my own and started selling the products will that be considered copyright infringement?
That is known as stealing. Even if you take a certain functionality or component and reuse it, if it is patented you are doing a crime. Understand this.
on a broader sense everyone knows how a car engine works... and all car engines work in the same way... so it should be copyrighted... !? why dont the car manufacturer's pay dues to the person who invented the first car?
Because the first engine probably was not patented or the TYPE of engine. Honda has the iVTEC engine, am sure that is patented technology. It is a type of engine..? Right..?
on a much deeper thought ..
sony's playstation is just a putting together of all parts brought from companies but it displays SONY on the product name and nowhere does it mention "ibm , nvidia , rambus , samsung , lg " ? shouldn't that be considered as copyright infringement?
It is not that easy. Sony as spent millions in R&D and scientific approach to put together the PS3. They are paying royalties an/or license fees to the above mentioned companies for using their parts.
yea i have heard about patents but honda toyota dont may patent / licensing fees to FORD / Daimler chrysler
All these companies have successfully filed patents in their own domains. It is too easy to google is, so will not pen it down here.
if i have purchased the licence what does this mean ?
i am not signing a contract with the company ? ...
Yes you are/have.
Ohh.... my .... am i going blind ? because i dont see any such buttons here... do you?
Be sane please, and post in proper rhetoric.
btw on a serious note... tomorrrow i make a house someone copies the design can i sue him for making it because it looks like my house?>till what limit is this applicable? this cat-mouse game ?
If you patent the house design, and prove in court that yours was copied, you can sue for infringement. Sure -- of course.
By the way:
Most of the things are explained above are quite elementary in nature. I am surprised you do not know this. Or is there something else.
