PS3 Hacker Raised All the Legal Funds Needed to Beat Sony in a Weekend

[Khuutra]

Xen said:

Khuutra said:

Guess what, that doesn't matter.

People are allowed to hack their systems! He is! You are! I am! You aren't allowed to do some things past that, like maliciously mounting attacks against the network or other players, but you are free and clear to arrange your hardware however you like and help others do the same thing. You are not responsible for what they do beyond that, not legally.

I stand on that it does. What he did is just being criminally careless - since it allows the latter. If that is bound by law indeed, then Sony wouldn't even start to dive into it, but from here on, it seems that the Judge will be the one that'll decide.

You talk like they haven't lost these cases before. Sony doing a thing is no guarantee that they think it's the law, it's just a guarantee that they thought they could beat whatever defense Geohot mounted.

But yes, you are right, the courts will be the deciders here.