Th3Mist3rN3farious said:
Who mentioned anything about freedom of speech? I certainly didnt. Who said Sony illegally gained access to IP addresses from youtube and geohot's host. I certainly didnt. Who mentioned anything about the 'constitution'? Ive got news or you bro, the whole world doesnt revolve around america. Youtube doesnt filter on counrty of origin for user submitted videos. The supoened IP's are from all over the globe, it was only tried in america because thats where youtube is hosted and registered as a company. My arguement is that Sony is currently investigating thousands of innocent people's internet connections on the basis that they watched a youtube video . . . A step well beyond the power of any corporate entity. Even ISP's are forbidden from monitoring internet traffic unless they have a legitimate reason why they should be, so what makes Sony so special? Are you seriously suggesting that upon release a PS3 cost $800 to manufacture yet they were retailing them at $600? I used to work at the head office of the largest electronics consumer retailer in the UK and I can tell you something, everything you see as 'a great sale price' etc still has a profit margin in there. Thats the nature of business. Not only would Sony be losing $200 per unit on the manufacturing costs, they'd also be losing cash on inventory and logistical overheads. My viewpoint is that Geohot paid his '$600' for a bunch of electrical components soldered together and placed in a plastic enclosure and should be able to do whatever he wants with it. Afterall, it is legally his property. He didnt rent his ps3 from Sony, he bought it. I agree that what he did would probably influence the lives of the games developers and Sony. I have never said otherwise. But what about all the artists, actors, distributors and film companies currently losing billions of dollars through illegal torrenting. None of them have ever supoened the millions of internet connections worldwide that regularly download illegal movies, or software, or music. And finally, . . . a troll is someone who enters a thread and posts off topic discussion, usually in an attempt to divert attention away from the original post. Given that my post reflected my opinion ABOUT THE ORIGINAL POST I daresay this is a crime I am yet to commit. You may wanna brush the dust off that urban dictionary of yours and look the word 'troll' up. |
Sony lawyers just have access from where they are seeing the information not about where they spend their money or which porn site they navigate.
And if you search a little you can see how much sony lost in the inital sales, manufacture cost shipping and everything estimated to 850 dollars, and retail were 600 dollars... so you may work for a eletronic company, but you don't know how everything works, you may be wrong sometimes.
And about his right to hack no one is denying his rights, it's about what he is doing with his right that matters, and releasing harmfull content may be liability issue and ground for sueing.
If you aren't a member of the site, don't care about the involvement of the company and just entered to badmouth the OP "research" this is also trolling.
duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363
Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994
Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."