| ND3G said: I think Sony is desperate so they are trying to scare people that don't know any better into thinking that hacking your PS3 is somehow a crime. It will void your warrently but that is about it. By all means people, watch videos, download guides, hack the hell out of your PS3 if that sort of thing interests you. If Sony doesn't want people messing around with their product they are perfectly welcome to pull it off the shelves.
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hacking the hardware itself might not be illegal (i.e. turning into a Foreman grill won't get you arrested), but the sticky issue that Sony and GeoHot trying to find out is if the hacking and reverse engineering the software on the PS3 was done for legitimate reasons (as is allowed by law) or illegitimate reasons (which is outlawed). Hardware and software are subject to different levels of copyright protection and reverse engineering laws.
http://www.yalelawjournal.org/images/pdfs/200.pdf
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