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LivingMetal on 19 April 2011
dsister said:
LivingMetal said:


Then why don't you do the whole world a favor if you are right.  You hack the PS3, publicly share your findings, and reveal who you are so there's not doubt whatsoever.  And then let's see what Sony can and will do do legally to protect their IP. Are you up for it? If not, do you encourage anyone to do it? Why or why not?

Apparently Sony won't do much too you besides a slap on the wrist. The geohot case shows this. 

 

And I don't see how that shows Sony won at all... Unless you are going somewhere with this, proceed. I am intrigued 


Stop skirting the question and answer it. I don't see how your actions are proving that Sony lost.



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slowmo on 19 April 2011
LivingMetal said:
dsister said:
LivingMetal said:


Then why don't you do the whole world a favor if you are right.  You hack the PS3, publicly share your findings, and reveal who you are so there's not doubt whatsoever.  And then let's see what Sony can and will do do legally to protect their IP. Are you up for it? If not, do you encourage anyone to do it? Why or why not?

Apparently Sony won't do much too you besides a slap on the wrist. The geohot case shows this. 

 

And I don't see how that shows Sony won at all... Unless you are going somewhere with this, proceed. I am intrigued 


Stop skirting the question and answer it. I don't see how your actions are proving that Sony lost.


Neither do yours prove they won.  They didn't get Geohotz on record as saying he did anything wrong. 

If you believe neither side won then I guess I'm in agreement though.



Icyedge on 19 April 2011
fordy said:
Icyedge said:
fordy said:
theprof00 said:

Also, it was very nice of his lawyers to let him keep an even 10k.


I can see where you're going here, but keep in mind that the possibility is just as much as him topping up the remainder to an even $10k.

Except he asked for donation to support his case,  I dont see him having money to top anything. Let alone that you cannot trust a guy like him.

Oh really? Were you also one of those idiots who jumped on the "Geohot has fled the country" bandwagon when the news came out? Keep in mind that 1. He has close ties to the EFF, so he's probably donated to them before, and 2. He wasn't bankrupt. He still managed to spend spring break in South America. If people are willing to support his fight against corporate tyranny, more power to him.

No I never did comment on this. Between, im all for people giving him money, its their thing,  im just saying that since he needed donation to support his case he probably doesnt have money to top anything.



dsister on 19 April 2011
LivingMetal said:
dsister said:
LivingMetal said:


Then why don't you do the whole world a favor if you are right.  You hack the PS3, publicly share your findings, and reveal who you are so there's not doubt whatsoever.  And then let's see what Sony can and will do do legally to protect their IP. Are you up for it? If not, do you encourage anyone to do it? Why or why not?

Apparently Sony won't do much too you besides a slap on the wrist. The geohot case shows this. 

 

And I don't see how that shows Sony won at all... Unless you are going somewhere with this, proceed. I am intrigued 


Stop skirting the question and answer it. I don't see how your actions are proving that Sony lost.


Ok... to answer your question.

1. Yes, I would. Sony has proven with the Geohot case there are almost no penalties for hacking your PS3 or releasing the hack into the wild 



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Icyedge on 19 April 2011
fordy said:
LivingMetal said:
fordy said:
LivingMetal said:
fordy said:
Carl2291 said:
fordy said:

Oh, I LOVE the irony of this post!

You talk about your rights to wander on here and say what you like, but watch out if George Hotz exercises his right to free speech too.

And you're calling HIM the attention seeking crybaby? HAH!

Okay.

I can't say whatever I like. There are the forum rules, you know.

Big difference too - I'm not crying, and I'm not begging for money to fight a mega evil company. Or begging people to never buy said companies products. Or rapping.

 

Once again, say some stupid conclusion on a forum, you'd better be prepared to stand up for your argument...


"And please expound on another probable reason."


What? Didn't you see the two that I already made?


Nothing more believable than Carl.

 

That's the damn point. He could be just as guilty as not guilty, so nobody should be taking a side on this issue!

People were saying it looks fishy. And yes it does look fishy. Does this mean that Geohot has 100% percent sure kept more money, obviously not. As you said he may have topped a couple of hundreads or kept a few dollars because the maximum paypal limit was 10 K. Likely no, possible yes. Your the one taking this to a whole new level.



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dsister on 19 April 2011

It says in the article that he topped it off Icyedge 



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Icyedge on 19 April 2011
dsister said:
LivingMetal said:
dsister said:
LivingMetal said:


Then why don't you do the whole world a favor if you are right.  You hack the PS3, publicly share your findings, and reveal who you are so there's not doubt whatsoever.  And then let's see what Sony can and will do do legally to protect their IP. Are you up for it? If not, do you encourage anyone to do it? Why or why not?

Apparently Sony won't do much too you besides a slap on the wrist. The geohot case shows this. 

 

And I don't see how that shows Sony won at all... Unless you are going somewhere with this, proceed. I am intrigued 


Stop skirting the question and answer it. I don't see how your actions are proving that Sony lost.


Ok... to answer your question.

1. Yes, I would. Sony has proven with the Geohot case there are almost no penalties for hacking your PS3 or releasing the hack into the wild 


If they had done nothing then yes it would have prove that theres no penalties for distributing hack into the wild. But since they sued Geohot and made him sign a agreement  it shows that there is penalties for releasing an hack into the wild. The next person will surely think 2 times before distributing a new hack.



dsister on 19 April 2011
Icyedge said:


If they had done nothing then yes it would have prove that theres no penalties for distributing hack into the wild. But since they sued Geohot and made him sign a agreement  it shows that there is penalties for releasing an hack into the wild. The next person will surely think 2 times before distributing a new hack.

ok... they didn't make him sign an agreement.And for a "loser"(not my words) he walked away with a slap on the wrist. He has never hacked a Sony product before, how badly do you think this is affecting his life now? 

That little thing in no way would stop me from releasing a hack for the PS3 or any other future console. 



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dsage01 on 19 April 2011

This guy really freaks the shit out of me. He bevhaves worse than a whinny 13 year old. My cousins 16 and is 10000 times more mature than him. All I have to say is that George grow up!! And get a job no one wont's to listen to you yap all day about Sony. Sony can kill your ass and no one would notice or care!



fordy on 19 April 2011
Icyedge said:
fordy said:
Icyedge said:
fordy said:
theprof00 said:

Also, it was very nice of his lawyers to let him keep an even 10k.


I can see where you're going here, but keep in mind that the possibility is just as much as him topping up the remainder to an even $10k.

Except he asked for donation to support his case,  I dont see him having money to top anything. Let alone that you cannot trust a guy like him.

Oh really? Were you also one of those idiots who jumped on the "Geohot has fled the country" bandwagon when the news came out? Keep in mind that 1. He has close ties to the EFF, so he's probably donated to them before, and 2. He wasn't bankrupt. He still managed to spend spring break in South America. If people are willing to support his fight against corporate tyranny, more power to him.

No I never did comment on this. Between, im all for people giving him money, its their thing,  im just saying that since he needed donation to support his case he probably doesnt have money to top anything.

Use a bit of logic here....

He had money to go to South America for spring break. Do you think he didn't have enough to top it up to a round number? He even stated it on his blog.