deskpro2k3 said:
whatever said:
deskpro2k3 said:
whatever said:
Ssliasil said:
This topic makes it blatantly clear which poster's are hackers and which are not lol.
Hell yes, go Sony! Already kicked Geo-Hotz ass, keep it up.
What people dont realize, this is all for far more than just the playstation 3 - this help'sall companies, in both gaming and pratical electronic fields.
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This topic makes it blatantly clear which poster's don't understand the concept of ownership and fair use. I should be able to do whatever I want with the things I own as long as I'm not breaking any laws. Just the act of "jailbreaking" anything should NEVER be illegal. Pirating games should be illegal and punishable. Opening up a console for other uses, even if it enables piracy, should not. I don't understand how, as a consumer, you can be OK with this.
Do you really want a corporation telling you what you can and can't do with your own stuff? Because that is where this is leading if this is allowed to stand. You want to tinker with your car or some electronic device? You could end up in the same place as Geohot.
And no, I've never hacked any gaming device or pirated any games.
Go Sony, take away our rights as consumers!
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OK I'll give you an example. Lets say I picked up the keys to your house. I went ahead and made copies of that key and give them out to people. Since I'm able to do whatever I want with it, it is not breaking the law. Right?
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Absolutely not. You don't own my house, so you don't have the right to give away keys to it. Try again.
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Exectly, that is my point. And you're against Sony for what they're doing? You're confusing..
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I don't think he is trying to be confusing Deskpro2k3. He's just trying to explain things in law and the fact your analogy isn't accurate.
A more accurate analogy (in current law) is this...
Sony have made a lock for your front door which has a key which is no one is able to copy.
Everyone's home is secure, the world is happy.
Geohot is a Sony Lock owner who is curious how to make a copy of the key so he disables HIS lock on HIS door and figures out how the mechanism works.
Having done this he realises what is required for key duplication and constructs a machine which will perform this for him.
Feeling rather pleased with himself he then publishes the Blu Prints for said machine on to the Internet. This ensures anyone with a modicum of tech know-how can create the same duplicating key machine.
SONY go mental as the main selling feature of their locks is redundant.
GeoHot has NOT copied anyones keys but his OWN. He had not broken any laws in lock disassembly.
He is not guilty of any CRIME.
