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		wheybags on Aug 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Internet of Snitches That's not even a slippery slope, the ps3 already did that (refused to play video files of Sony pictures movies)

2III7 on Aug 12, 2021 [–]

Got any more info on that? I don't recall the PS3 refusing to play movies.

wheybags on Aug 13, 2021 | [–]

It seems the system is called cinavia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinavia

I specifically remember it refusing to play an mp4 of a spiderman movie.

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