By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sony - Sony Suing Geohot and others over PS3 Hacking

Gilgamesh on 11 January 2011

As of 1/11/2011 7:20 PM EST, I have been served with papers, see below...

Motion For TRO
Proposed Order

old front page is here

contact me geohot ... gmail

any legal fund donation things you see are 100% fake as of now, don't get scammed

GEOHOT.com



Around the Network
M.U.G.E.N on 11 January 2011

Good....I hope they win



In-Kat-We-Trust Brigade!

"This world is Merciless, and it's also very beautiful"

For All News/Info related to the PlayStation Vita, Come and join us in the Official PSV Thread!

Acevil on 11 January 2011
M.U.G.E.N said:

Good....I hope they win


They mostly likely won't win. In fact this might just delay the flood gates from opening for like a week or so. 



 

noname2200 on 11 January 2011
M.U.G.E.N said:

Good....I hope they win

Yeah, we shouldn't have the right to modify our own property as we see fit!



arcane_chaos on 11 January 2011

If I were Sony I wouldn't sue them...I would send a covert strike team!!!



Around the Network
fwap on 11 January 2011

They won't win this. In fact this could go pretty terribly for them.



M.U.G.E.N on 11 January 2011
noname2200 said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

Good....I hope they win

Yeah, we shouldn't have the right to modify our own property as we see fit!


we shouldn't support pirating....I sure as heck don't, and geohot and co. has opened the door for that. For a few conveniences I will not support pirating sorry.



In-Kat-We-Trust Brigade!

"This world is Merciless, and it's also very beautiful"

For All News/Info related to the PlayStation Vita, Come and join us in the Official PSV Thread!

Acevil on 11 January 2011
noname2200 said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

Good....I hope they win

Yeah, we shouldn't have the right to modify our own property as we see fit!


See I see this as a coin, on one side what you said (Which should be 100% legal), but the other side is the fact of distribution of modification (which I think is grey area). 



 

noname2200 on 12 January 2011
M.U.G.E.N said:


we shouldn't support pirating....I sure as heck don't, and geohot and co. has opened the door for that. For a few conveniences I will not support pirating sorry.

The problem is that this method has several other, perfectly legal and legitimate, applications as well.  Just because something "opens the door" for piracy, it does not give a copyright holder the right to terminate the consumer's rights. 

To give you a rough and imperfect analogy, pockets can be used to shoplift.  Therefore, merchants should have the right to ban people with pockets from entering their store, or at least be able to search your pockets when you leave their premises.



noname2200 on 12 January 2011
Acevil said:

See I see this as a coin, on one side what you said (Which should be 100% legal), but the other side is the fact of distribution of modification (which I think is grey area). 

I'm not completely certain by what you mean when you say "distribution of modification."   Do you mean telling others how to do what they did?