| Rpruett said: This would be like if you worked for a bank and figured out how to open the safe. Then you went around and told everyone the combination, address and location to access the safe. You, didn't access the safe or take any money but other people did (Using your instruction). You don't believe there would be consequences for these actions? Or legal battles waged by the bank? Even if it came out that you were innocent and allowed to distribute this information, the bank would be combing for any wrong doing that you did that they could legally slap you for because you full-well understood the consequences of your actions. Essentially Sony is going to do the same to Geohot to see if he benefitted financially, connected to the PSN (Another clear indication of his desired purpose), or did anything else that could be construed as criminal. The issue is not what he did to his PS3 in his own home, on his own terms. The issue is what did he do after he cracked the PS3 (Or what he had to do during cracking the PS3 in order to crack it and what functions did he attempt on his cracked PS3). We know he released the codes to the public (Strike One) (Not necessarily punishable by itself, yet easily could be linked into proving intent) , We don't know if he committed other offenses (Potentially Strike Two and Strike Three). If he did commit Strike Two and Strike Three type offenses, then he deserves what Sony is attempting to do to him because he broke the law and went beyond the 'Harmless Homebrew'. |
You guys should google more. You can find instructoins on how to hack atms/bank accounts, make bombs, make guns, make knives, jailbreak the iphone/smart phones. But we draw the line at hacking your own ps3. Unless you all agree that the iphone/smartphone should not be jalbroken than you guys are just being a little hypocritical.
