Sony's latest attack on customer freedom

[Euphoria14]

dharh said:

Euphoria14 said:

dharh said:

Please go learn how IP laws work.

You do not have the right to distribute the means for others to hack systems. You do not have the right to distribute software you do not own.

You do _not_ own the software that runs the PS3. You own _a_ PS3 that happens to have the software on it. You own an instance of it. You can argue that you have the right to modify said software to do things it was originaly not intended to do. But, again, you do not then have the right to distribute said software to others and/or its modifications.

SONY's OS doesn't have to be modified to allow the use of homebrew and/or pirated software.

People just use the keys to sign their own software.

Geohot had to dig into the software to get the keys. He then distributed said info. People are now using said info to do both legal and illegal things.

So did he commit theft or infringement?

You keep calling him a thief but I just can't see it.