Sony On The Hunt For All The Hackers

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CDiablo 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.

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!

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?

 

Thats a retarded example. The correct way to phrase what you are saying is. 40 odd million people bought houses in a housing development. All of those houses have locked rooms that no one has access to because the seller doesnt want you using that portion of the property. The seller of the house is an idiot and left the key to those rooms buried in the backyard of every property. Someone did some digging and found the key and has copied it for all those 40 million users to use. Truth be told some users will add a man cave in the room or a home theater room. Sadly some users will use that room for making meth. Its up to the law to take care of the meth makers.

It boggles my mind how many people are supporting Sonys absurd actions. Im all for going after people selling BRDs of games but Sony's "you dont own what you own" policy is outrageous. I own it I can throw it off a bridge or I can jailbreak it, because I own it. I clearly cannot go online with a hacked firmware per the PSN agreement. I know it will result in bootlegging, but who gives a shit, XBOX does fine with it, Wii does fine with it, DS does fine with it, PC does fine with it. PSP's sales arent crippled by piracy, it doesnt sell because people think the games arent that great. Every system can be hacked for less than $50 and its easier to hack DS than it is to hack PSP.

If you are a kid and dont understand the concept of ownership, thats fine but any teen or adult that cannot clearly see that the concept of ownership in this is under attack is out of their mind. I've boycotted Sony and all games on their platforms since they removed OtherOS and though I don't suggest eyeryone going that route(huge Yakuza fan here), you do not have to blindly support every stupid action Sony makes.

I'm sorry but I think your example is much worse. The problem with piracy is how it affects many developers who lose a lot of money and many of them even lose their jobs. In some other cases it affects gamers too, as they don't get sequels to great games due to poor sales. Also many of them can now easily cheat online and even delete one's saves, thus affecting other player's experience. How does your example include these cases? Does the seller of the house lose money when you use that room? Whether you use that locked room or not does not affect anyone.