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M.U.G.E.N on 11 April 2011
loy310 said:

The settlement is up.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/attachments/f6/26802d1302540442-settlement-george-hotz-case-127-stipulation.pdf


lol the bitchz gotz ownedz



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kitler53 on 11 April 2011
ethomaz said:
MonstaMack said:

So the pressure from Anonymous cause this? I'm guessing they will claim victory over Sony.

Geohot gets to walk free and work on hacking/cracking other platforms.

Looks like Sony won over Geohot.


okay wow, i'm reading the injunction now and while goehot didn't "lose" he definetly didn't win...

i'm surprised he agreed to this.  i wonder if sony had more evidence in their pocket then what has been released.



LivingMetal on 11 April 2011
thranx said:
LivingMetal said:
thranx 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 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.

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.


How will it not if taking it all the way might extend the case.  He did get what he needed at the time in what... 18 hours?  Power to the people right?  So how would it have been a slam dunk case if the courts were "fair?"



LivingMetal on 11 April 2011
hehey said:
loy310 said:

The settlement is up.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/attachments/f6/26802d1302540442-settlement-george-hotz-case-127-stipulation.pdf

Sounds like Hotz got pwned to me.


I pretty much says that if Geohot stops F&%$#@~ with Sony products, Sony would leave him be.  Which is the way it should be from the beginning.  So yes, Geohot got "pwned."



hehey on 11 April 2011
LivingMetal said:
hehey said:
loy310 said:

The settlement is up.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/attachments/f6/26802d1302540442-settlement-george-hotz-case-127-stipulation.pdf

Sounds like Hotz got pwned to me.


I pretty much says that if Geohot stops F&%$#@~ with Sony products, Sony would leave him be.  Which is the way it should be from the beginning.  So yes, Geohot got "pwned."

How bout the part where if Geohot messes with anything sony related in any way ever again he would have to pay them 10, 000 and up to 250,000 if he ever shared anything of it.... so much for his plans of hacking the Xperia play...



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dsister on 11 April 2011

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 



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hehey 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 

a hacker and everyone related or associated with him has been banned from messing with nay and all Sony products forever or he will be fined $10,000 and up to $250,000 if he sheres anything over the net. The haker also kept none of his promises about any settlement having to unclude OtherOS and an Opology.

Sony lost nothing but money from this while Geohot lost his rights relating to any sony product, these so called "rights" that he was alledgidly fighting for... did you even read the settlement?

Yes, Sony kicked his ass.



ssj12 on 11 April 2011
kitler53 said:
MonstaMack said:

So the pressure from Anonymous cause this? I'm guessing they will claim victory over Sony.

Geohot gets to walk free and work on hacking/cracking other platforms.


lulz - anonymous couldn't take down any of sony's sites and faced a lot of lash-back for trying to disrupt with the consumer's ability to uses their products.  if anyone lost in this case it was anonymous for looking weak and like assholes.

they took down Sony's sites....



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LivingMetal on 11 April 2011
hehey said:
LivingMetal said:
hehey said:
loy310 said:

The settlement is up.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/attachments/f6/26802d1302540442-settlement-george-hotz-case-127-stipulation.pdf

Sounds like Hotz got pwned to me.


It pretty much says that if Geohot stops F&%$#@~ with Sony products, Sony would leave him be.  Which is the way it should be from the beginning.  So yes, Geohot got "pwned."

How bout the part where if Geohot messes with anything sony related in any way ever again he would have to pay them 10, 000 and up to 250,000 if he ever shared anything of it.... so much for his plans of hacking the Xperia play...

 

Sucks for him.



Ricoswuave38 on 11 April 2011
hehey said:
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 

a hacker and everyone related or associated with him has been banned from messing with nay and all Sony products forever or he will be fined $10,000 and up to $250,000 if he sheres anything over the net. The haker also kept none of his promises about any settlement having to unclude OtherOS and an Opology.

Sony lost nothing but money from this while Geohot lost his rights relating to any sony product, these so called "rights" that he was alledgidly fighting for... did you even read the settlement?

Yes, Sony kicked his ass.

Wait so he can still use his ps3 to play games?