Here are the 8 claims he's being sued on, copied from engadget (comments are theirs as well).
- Violating §1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which forbids bypassing access control measures;
- Violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which forbids accessing computers without authorization;
- Guilty of contributory copyright infringement for encouraging and helping others to crack PS3s as well;
- Violating the California Computer Crime Law, which is the state computer fraud act (think of this as a backup fraud claim);
- Violating the PlayStation Network's Terms of Service (which feels meaningless, really);
- Interfering with Sony's relationships with other PSN customers (also meaningless);
- Trespassing on Sony's ownership right to the PS3 (this one feels weak) and;
- Misappropriating Sony's intellectual property (another weak argument, but there in case the copyright argument fails).
