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).

i hope the injunction includes, that he will have to refrain from rapping for the rest of his life

Same here. I wonder what the full terms of the settlement are also. I dont blame hime for not wanting to take it all the way it was risky. Oh well until next time.

He can always ask for more donations.

Really, I must have been reading it wrong for the last 2 months.

More info...

George Hotz: I am joining the SONY boycott. I will never purchase another SONY product. I encourage you to do the same. There is much more to come on his blog.

(Me): Funny because the injunction against him prevents from using any Sony products ever.

George Hotz: @MX The terms of the settlement agreement are “confidential” and the matter requires that they be “confidential”.

George Hotz: I will address the donations in a forthcoming post, and I think people will be happy.

George Hotz: @BricksLamp The terms of the settlement agreement are “confidential” and the matter requires that they be “confidential”.

George Hotz: By contract, I cannot discuss the Action or my views regarding the Action. I am bound by a permanent injunction.

http://www.gamersmint.com/george-hotz-responds-to-sony-settlement

Good... a lifetime injuction. 

well, there is still hope that the lawsuit against Sony will win.

And how would that help? He had the money to fight the case as far as I now. It just wasn't a slam dunk win for him, especially with the risk of it being tried in CA. Which from my personal experience has a very corrupt government system that bends to the will of coporations and government officials. I wouldn't want to go up against that. Its pretty risky. But its ok, this will come up again when the next big device is hacked. I just want the DMCA tried in court so hopefully it/or parts of it are ruled uncostitutional. It may not even be SOny next time, maybe MS or Apple or some other company.

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.

I just want to know how this is goning to stop other people from hacking the PS3 and whats stopping Geohot form going anonymous(and no I'm not talking about joining the group anonymous, I'm talking about hacking the PS3 but staying anonymous about his involvement)