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dsister on 11 April 2011
thismeintiel said:

How exactly did Sony bow to Anon?  According to the article, the agreement was reached on March 31, 2011.  Anon successfully attacked Sony's sites and posted the Youtube video on April 4, 2011.  This agreement was already reached before Anon attacked.  If anything, Anon bailed out because of the massive backlash they received from PS3 gamers.


I said it looks like they bowed to Anonymous. It was going along with the negatives of the case on Sony 



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vlad321 on 11 April 2011
Icyedge said:
vlad321 said:
Soleron said:

I wish this had been tested in court. It would have been groundbreaking to have a ruling that Sony has no power over the machine's software after they sell it (which is the only result that wouldn't produce chaos).


Same. Now we're gonna see some other fucked up company trying to act like what I bought is their property.

If you remember, APple tried to push off jailbreaking as illegal and they got screwed by that, so the sooner another retard company comes along and gets slammed by the courts for their shit business practices, the better.


Though, this action has never been about removing the right of people to modify what they own.

Or sharing it. Better?



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thismeintiel on 11 April 2011

You do have to laugh at the same exact people in here trying to spin this as a loss for Sony.  Come on.  Is your dislike for Sony that strong?  I bet if it was the 360/Wii, a lot of you would be like, "You go MS/Nintendo, kick Geohot's ass."  Can anyone explain how Sony lost?  How did this injunction hurt them?  Geohot got nothing out of the deal.  Sony can continue selling just as many PS3s as tthey want to, continuing to lead the home consoles for this year.  Geohot was the only one hurt here.  He can't even touch a Sony product with the thought of hacking it again, unless he wants to face fines that not even his loyal fans will help pay for.  Of course with his bruised ego, he's trying to play it off like some boycott to save face. 

And if another hacker comes up in his place, Sony can persue the same method.  I even remember a month or so ago, there was a story in which on of the hackers deeply involved in the PS3 scene said he wasn't even going to attempt to hack the new FW/security Sony put in place recently, deeming it "unhackable" again.  You can bet Sony actions of late weighed his decision.  Just wish I could remember his name.



 

LivingMetal on 11 April 2011
dsister said:
thismeintiel said:

How exactly did Sony bow to Anon?  According to the article, the agreement was reached on March 31, 2011.  Anon successfully attacked Sony's sites and posted the Youtube video on April 4, 2011.  This agreement was already reached before Anon attacked.  If anything, Anon bailed out because of the massive backlash they received from PS3 gamers.


I said it looks like they bowed to Anonymous. It was going along with the negatives of the case on Sony 


Please expound.



dsister on 11 April 2011
LivingMetal said:


Please expound.


Anonymous attacks, Sony settles. People who don't pay attention will think the two are related. 

 

Kind of like Jackson ending the War of 1812 



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oldschoolfool on 11 April 2011

good,now both parties can move on,hopefully for the better.



LivingMetal on 11 April 2011
dsister said:
LivingMetal said:


Please expound.


Anonymous attacks, Sony settles. People who don't pay attention will think the two are related. 

 

Kind of like Jackson ending the War of 1812 


Could you please name a specific action that directly affected Sony's decision to give Geohot an ultimatum for Geohot to accept to Sony's advantage?  Source?



dsister on 11 April 2011
LivingMetal said:


Could you please name a specific action that directly affected Sony's decision to give Geohot an ultimatum for Geohot to accept to Sony's advantage?  Source?


I said it looks like it to the uninformed -___-



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LivingMetal on 11 April 2011
dsister said:
LivingMetal said:


Could you please name a specific action that directly affected Sony's decision to give Geohot an ultimatum for Geohot to accept to Sony's advantage?  Source?


I said it looks like it to the uninformed -___-


And how in your eyes did it look like it?  Could you please name some specific examples?  Or are you just making a general sweeping statement of a guess?



cura on 11 April 2011
dsister said:

1. Geohot walked away without any problems m

2. Sony spent over a million dollars trying to prosecute him 

3. Sony lost a customer(who bought quite a few PS3s) 

yes, Sony definitely won 


Sorry not even a Sony hater can spin this...haha