Kasz216 said:
Reasonable said:
Do we have anyone with real US legal knowledge on the boards by any chance? I'm no expert but sniffing around it does seem Sony does have more than a zero chance to prosecute here.
Unless I'm missreading stuff the impression I've gained is that their is a law in US preventing breaking included security countermeasures in electronic devices - with the exception of phones for some reason. When you buy and use a PS3 you are agreeing to abide by that law in the US so far as I can see.
With the iPhone the exception for phones protected those hacking it I would presume. Unless I'm reading it wrong the PS3 does have legal protection from hacking which allegendly has been broken - i.e. opening it up, modding it, etc. without breaking the security would be fine, but if you did break the security to do so... then you've commited a legally punishable offence.
Now, I have no idea whether that law is upholdable - or even if I've read it accurately - so I'd like opinions of anyone who is more familiar with US law.
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There is nothing in the Iphone ruling that involved only phones. In general, that law is actually... mostly not legal. The US has a lot of laws that exist that aren't legal. Court says something is unconstiutional, senate is lazy and doesn't want to repeal it. It stays in place until the court ruling is reveresed again or we forget about it.
Sometimes people operate that way anyway. For example the State of Ohio funds it's schools in a way that was deemed unconstiutional.... in 1978.
According to the Iphone ruling, it's only illegal to jailbreak your console if you download illegal softare like piracy..
Or if you physically jailbreak someone elses console. (Jailbreaking must be done by the owner.)
Essentially it isn't illegal to block people from using unauthorized software on their products.
However it also isn't illegal to violate the software to use unauthorized programs so long as they are legal.
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Okay. That's clearer. Going to be interesting to see how this goes. The legal position seems to be a nightmare though: seems to me that globally the laws pertaining to digital media, online activities and the hardware they run on could do with a serious sorting out.
