Sony's latest attack on customer freedom

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TRios_Zen said:

huaxiong90 said:

@Thranx: While I totally agree Sony brought it on themselves (and even hope they lose so as to learn their lesson, and instead figure out a way to deal with this), you CANNOT say they're fighting for our rights when they published the hack on the net.

If they kept it to themselves, and maybe figured a way to bring back the advertised features without blowing the PS3's door wide open, then I can agree. But this is just wrong, because while it does bring back features Sony advertised...it also opens up game hacking and piracy, and THAT is not doing us any favors.

I agree with this, there is a lot going on here and none of it is really black and white.

Sony, as a company has the right to protect thier network/hardware from intrusion.  What I think the op is questioning is whether they have gone to far to protect that right.

In this, we all have a vested interest!  If Sony wins rights that severly limit our ability to "use" something you buy (even if you define use as trying to break it), your freeedom has been lessened, and that is not something that anyone should take lightly.

This does NOW however exclude the original hacker(s) from culpability though, they are equally at fault for causing the issue in the first place.  That is, IMO personal use should not extend to diseminating the knowledge for breaking a system for others to take advantage of (though there is gray here too).

So where is the truth in the gray area?  I'm not claiming to know, but everyone's approach should be more of a "lets find out more information" then woodenly decalring one party ast the "good" guy and one as the "bad".

People should be on more of a "protect our consumer rights" approach.

If I do not really own the PS3 to the point where I could do what I want then I want my $600 back. I went into a store and BOUGHT the PS3. I did not lease it. I am not renting it. It is not loaned to me by SONY.

I bought it. I OWN it. I can put whatever I want into it and take whatever I want out of it.

If I am pirating  games and breaking the law, go ahead and try and get me there. Don't try to get me because I got it to do things it couldn't before. 

 

Also, a case like this may one day down the road cause things like your car to only be able to be fixed with specific brand parts and anything else could result in a fine.

Or anything along those lines. 

Nobody should be supporting SONY and their bullshit being brought about in this case.

 

Too bad, Geohot released the Keys. The keys are nothing but numbers. SONY can not own numbers.