Sony Gets Other OS Class-Action Lawsuite Dismissed

[Mr Khan]

kitler53 said:

fordy said:

kitler53 said:

you're jumping the gun by bring up piracy ... i haven't gone there.  the OS on the ps3 is IP and you have a license agreement with sony with regards to what you can do with it....and it ain't much.    and a ps3 isn't a PC -- you're license agreement with MS's windows isn't your license agreement with Sony's OS.  if you don't like it then do the proper consumer responsibility -- don't buy it.  that's what we called a free market.

Nice point there, but you're forgetting one thing.

What does the software reside on? Hardware.

The laws for software prohibit the MODIFICATION of software not owned by you, but it doesn't prevent anyone from reinstalling a completely new software on HARDWARE THAT THEY OWN.

I mean seriously, are you guys LOOKING for ways to let Sony control you? Sheesh...

Amazon was selling DRM free mp3 back when apple was still selling DRM'd song with license limits to the number of devises you could put those songs on.  sucks?  yeah.  illegal?  nope.  the only thing illegal is you can't modify those songs in any way to get around the protective DRM technology, that actually is illegal as you are violating your license agreement.

if you want to create a brand new OS ... by all means go ahead, i highly doubt sony would care either.  it is when you make modification to their OS to get around their security measures that they got all up in your face.  had geohot not found an exploit in the other OS feature to bypass their security you guys would still have it.  try to fuck with sony and they will fuck you back.  ...not that anyone will learn that lesson.

No. At the root of the matter we're still talking about circumventing DRM for the purposes of redistribution, which is not the case in homebrew cracking. That is merely the matter of hobbyists utilizing their private property as they see fit. Now, if they end up pirating materials because of that, it's on the rightful owner of the material to take action against them for that infraction, but Sony can't just take shortcuts in that matter. Not when consumer rights are at stake