Sony granted temporary restraining order and impoundment against GeoHotz

[Kasz216]

radiantshadow92 said:

jarrod said:

radiantshadow92 said:

jarrod said:

radiantshadow92 said:

Wow, and here everyone though Sony was going to lose. 

Sony already "lost".  The files are already out there and even being mirrored by Universities now.  This whole exercise is more about trying to save face and show the shareholders they're taking action.  

If they can make an example out of a hacker and expand the powers of the DCMA, even better. That's a double edged sword though, if Sony loses at trial it could impede the DCMA (which would be fantastic for consumer's rights) and their case at the moment is pretty weak, which is why they're casting such a wide net and fishing for anything they can really go after Geohotz for.

I was talking about the trial. Everyone thought they were going to lose, yet they won....the trial...

Uh... there hasn't been a trial yet... all Sony's "won" is permission to keep going basically and maybe get to the trial stage.

Geohotz had already taken down the files when the motions started, Sony effectively gained nothing substantial here.

Thats all Sony wanted in the first place, was to put a restraining order on Hotz and block info to the web. Thats what they got. Or am i reading the article wrong?

You are.  It's a temporary restraining order... and only against him.

He... was even the guy who created the big hack as far as i know.

When they lose the trial, everything goes back, and they may even need to pay for damages.