thranx said:
-Newcloud- said:
thranx said:
spiffiness said:
thranx said:
The more i read of geohot the more i like him. Seems to me he is ready to make a stand and I for hope he and consumers win.
"Note to Sony:
It’s apparent you don’t care about your reputation with consumers, and I can almost understand your point there.
Few people consider buying a TV or laptop a moral choice, and the consumer base is quite large.
But talented developers are in much shorter supply, and take it from one personally, who you choose to code for is much more of a moral choice.
The programmers you will one day be looking to hire are the ones reading the tech news sites right now.
And they will remember."
Geohot
And again, this is not about piracy.
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IMO, this sounds presumptuous. This guy is hurting legitimate talented developers by helping other people to steal their work, and he dares to speak about morals? He can't be naive enough to think that nobody would use his info to steal software. Morally, he should've kept the info to himself, or better yet, done something more productive with his talents. Sony has proven to be a great supporter of legitimate developers with their trust in smaller companies and ideas that no other publisher would believe in, and this guy is only hurting that.
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That would be great if he did pirate and if he did use others people code. But he does not and this still isn't about piracy. No way arund that. I will keep saying it. This is not about piracy. piracy is not mentioned. I dont even know if software is mentioned in the law suit.
Whats so morall about sony stealing from us (we had otherOS, now we don't).
But what this is about is a consumer bying a product and than simply doing what he wants with it. I mean what is so wrong about that?
I will agree, any piracy is illegal, and sony should go after p[irates and sue their pants off. But that is not what they are sueing for, they are sueing to gain control of what you do with your hardware after you buy it.
I will also agree that accessing the psn with hacked software(ie pirated games) and or hacking games played online on the psn is also illegal and sony should go after them. Why they choose not I do not understand.
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he should of kept hes mouth shut instead of putting it on the internet.. what did he think would happen. people would download the hack and not pirate for such a smart guy hes really stupid
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Most people like to publish they work they do or to help others achieve what they have done. Neither of which is illegal. my guess is he thought people would use it for what it was intended, installing other os on their ps3. Why no hate there for what sony did? or did you miss that? Again you guys can try to make this about piracy but it is not about piracy, no way to swing it that way. Again sony does not even say its about piracy why do you guys? Its about fair use of the equiptemnt you buy.
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Really, he thought that? Then he is the most naive person in the world. If he was really about homebrew, he wouldn't have tried to use otherOS to break into the console core. In fact, he is responsible for otherOS being taken away. Any hate regarding OtherOS should be directed at Geohotz for forcing Sony's hand. And you can't say, well it's still Sony's decision so it's their fault, because you can't expect them to sit around while people break through their security, they had to do something.
All this stuff about consumer rights, well, all is well and good until other people are affected negatively. Many of us hate what Geohotz has done because it has led to people's gaming experiences being ruined and has jeopardized the livelihoods of people bringing us the great games that we love. If he had used his skills to bring us something positive instead of breaking through security, there would be no discussion. Even though legally it may be within his rights, it doesn't make him morally right, and we have to support Sony on this.
Actually, if Geohotz wins and there is shown to be a legal loophole, it's possible (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm no lawyer) that future consoles operate on a license much like software. Mess with it and you're in legal trouble no matter what. Companies have to protect their investments somehow and I doubt the majority would care since they use the console for what it's intended anyway.
