| thranx said: if they only need ip's to prove that CA is such a problem and targeted by geohotz why are we seeing this also http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/84498/wtf-moment-of-the-week-magistrate-this/ . I mean how far do they have to go before you guys see they are invading our privacy (well not mine I have never been to geohotz site). Sad to see. |
The first and foremost reason to get the IP is to prove the distribution and the importance of this said distribution. This is in direct relation to the case and is necessary to evaluate the prejudice cause to Sony from Geohot distribution, hence why the judge accepted. Now we can argue whether or not the judge should have mandated the police to look at it instead of Sony. But you do realise without subpoena for the ISP of each IP adress, it is legally impossible for Sony to gather any kind of personal info from those IP. I guess its the reason why the judge didnt bother mendating a legal instance to look at the info. People thinking Sony will hack into their ISP database to get their personal infos smoke way better stuff then me. If one day, Sony want to subpoena each ISP of the IP watching the video you can be sure Ill be on your side. No one have the right to get my personal info because I watched a legal video. But this isnt what is happening at the moment.
