Indeed, they are entirely different groups fighting entirely different battles.

Unfortunately so many choose to not only lump them together but also choose to only look at negatives and in turn ignore everything positive.

It is like when people at work get in trouble for supposedly not doing something and usually say to their co-workers: "You know, they never see you when you are working but always seem to notice when you are not."

BAM, there you go.

I know I have been in that situation many times. 

I don't know why it works that way.

Well if Sony's Lawyers can find a loophole on a law, they might be able to win this. I'm not really well-versed with law so I'll just wait for the decision...

Didn't Apple just loose a case about Jailbreaking Ipods and such?  This should be an indication of how this will all turn out.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2010/07/26/128776911/gov-t-unlocks-apple-iphone-jailbreak-era-over

Yeah, let's give up our freedom as a consumer so a large corporation doesn't lose a few dollars.  You can't be that dumb.

Frankly, this is a hard one, and Sony brought this on themselves. And it's too late anyways. Cat's outta the bag.

Honestly, I hope they don't win. They shot themselves in the foot, and I hope it stings them. They've been making way too many mistakes this gen.

Now, just include a match recorder in exclusive games like Uncharted 3, Killzone 3,  Resistance 3, etc. to report cheaters, and I'll be happy.

It may turn out that way but if all else fails, atleast they had a promotion...LOL

well im not a big tech guy(although i wanted to be), but i do understand that openning PS3 could have positive implicatations but do they outway the bad i say no so hacking shouldn't be allowed.

Repost form the other thread...

Looks like Sony's lawsuit thuggery isn't going to get too far with wider free speech / digital rights / fair use proponents.  Don't be surprised if the EFF takes the case and this goes down just like their rootkit snafu a few years back, but in the meantime it seems academia is making a promising stand.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/GeoHot/

O Snap!