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I had one of these, in the UK at the time. We (myself and two other guys) put together a demo loosely based on “Rollerball”, which Sony were very encouraging ab
by spacedcowboy 5y ago
I had one of these, in the UK at the time. We (myself and two other guys) put together a demo loosely based on “Rollerball”, which Sony were very encouraging about, but that’s not the point of this post.
I will always remember the NDA contract I signed… One of the terms was “If any of the terms of this contract are broken, financial reparation may not be sufficient”.
I’m assuming “your first-born child” or something was what they had in mind, but I was young, single and childless, so … <shrug>
- jandrese 5y agoI'm pretty sure they were insinuating that they can tell the cops to put you in jail over a civil contract violation. Might be true if they pulled some weird legal maneuver with copyright law.
- mywittyname 5y agoThis was the era of Peak Sony.
- elsonrodriguez 5y agoLik Sang remembers.
- djmips 5y agothat's a name i haven't heard in a long time
- appleflaxen 5y agoI'm almost surprised you are allowed to disclose those facts to us today.
- RichEO 5y agoThis language is here because it (arguably) assists Sony with seeking non-financial “equitable” orders from a court. In the case of an NDA, that would mean an injunction to stop you from disclosing.
- garfieldnate 5y agoWhen I worked in Japan, we did a shared project with an extremely large Japanese corporation. Because we shared source code with them and knew about their business plans, I was made to understand that if I were negligent (i.e. let my laptop get stolen on a train or something) and allowed the company secrets to be stolen, I could face huge fines and even jail time. This was only 5 years ago.