@jsstaedtler @jackyan @pseudonym "Honest John's HDMI Cables":
"Why, yes, since you ask, you are connected to an HDCP compliant device".
"Yes, of course the copy protection bit is on".
"Yes, this cable does offer Ethernet over HDMI (editor's note: author couldn't be arsed looking up the correct terminology). I am sorry, it appears that when I try to resolve sony.com, I receive an NX_DOMAIN response from the authoritative server".