Sony patents way of identifying pirated software by measuring load times

[Administrator]

Sony has patented a way of using load times to identify whether software being used is legitimate or pirated.
Effectively, the idea establishes a benchmark for a certain type of software and then measures all other software against it. If it's too far out of an acceptable threshold then you're instantly thrown in prison.
Err, not really - it doesn't say what happens next. Maybe there are unicorns - police unicorns.
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