EFF on Sony v. Hotz

[Mr Khan]

kitler53 said:

thranx said:

mchaza said:

edit: didn't mean to post an unfinished post 

but i will say this is bad because revealing any sercuity flaws on the internet when 99% of the time it would be used for bad not good like this guy is wanting with the linux.

So i am on sony side on this

You may want to rethink that. You are risking future ownership of actual real world items to just licening the use of said items. I wouldn't want to live in a world were even AFTER I BUY SOMETHING I still do not own it or control it.

there are plenty of things you may already own that you can't control it.

housing -- you can't build additions or do major renovations without governement approval.

cars --  some moddifications are legal, many other mean you can't legally drive it.

guns -- laws dictate where you can/cannot use them

in all cases there is a balance between protecting the rights of the those that own the property and other parties thate that can be affected by those modifications. 

sony or whoever has a right to protect their investments in creating software.  I have a right to be able to play games without hackers wrecking my experience.  people should have the right to do unconventional things with their hardware.

somewhere a line needs to be drawn -- now we just need to figure out where that is.

The line is Sony trying to fight these hackers within the bounds of their own network, i would say. No need to go suing people and potentially causing disastrous reinterpretations of already abusive laws: you've got control of the firmware, now fight the hackers fairly