Post: GeoHot Sued by Sony
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01-13-2011, 05:48 AM
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If you haven't heard, educate yourself about the root key for the PS3 You must login or register to view this content. & about his CFW You must login or register to view this content..
Around a week after GeoHot released his CFW and the PS3's root key, Sony has taken action and filed a lawsuit against him and the team known as FailOverFl0w, a team dedicated to the PS3 that develop hacks for the PS3.
Sony, unlike Microsoft is the only one taking action against those who allow and create methods for pirating while Microsoft simply bans the console they believe is modified to allow piracy.
Charges:
Originally posted by another user
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(2)(C) – Confidential Information On Computer
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(4) – Intent To Defraud And Obtain Value
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A) – Knowing Transmission of Code
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(B) and (C) – Intentional and Reckless Damage And Loss
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(6)(A) – Trafficking in Password
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(7)(B) – Intent to Extort
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(4) – Intent To Defraud And Obtain Value
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A) – Knowing Transmission of Code
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(B) and (C) – Intentional and Reckless Damage And Loss
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(6)(A) – Trafficking in Password
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(7)(B) – Intent to Extort
The angle that sony is taking seems to be that they are trying to censor and remove all leaks related to the PS3 instead of simply disabling the consoles like other companies.
Due to the PS3 console being an expensive to produce system and very little profit is made from the system itself, whilest majority of their income is from game sales, it makes sense why they are pressing the specific charges posted above.
Since in this age that we live in is the age of information, taking down and removing such information that was on GeoHot's site is near futile, mirrors of his original site has sprung up You must login or register to view this content. & You must login or register to view this content..
It is hosted on a university's server and was uploaded by a man by the name of David S. Touretzky.
David is a known fighter, he was involved in the DeCSS in which a teenager was sued for creating a program allowing people use DVDs on a Linux system, back in 1999 which was a big deal then.
David also has fought and won in other law suits and even has a site about what to do if you are wrongfully accused of a copyright violation.
The man has the balls, experience and has shown in the passed that he has the knowledge to fight big cases.
I think it's time to sit back and watch as things get interesting.
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01-13-2011, 06:11 AM
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XAviierG
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Damn he dedicated his work 4 us. We should all donate wenever we can :y:
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01-13-2011, 06:13 AM
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TheBigRod
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Originally posted by XAviierG
Damn he dedicated his work 4 us. We should all donate wenever we can :y:
He didn't dedicate anything to us, he doesn't even go on NGU.
All he did was hack the Playstation system to make his personal money.
Now he's suffering the consequences of doing stupid things.
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01-13-2011, 06:16 AM
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Originally posted by TheBigRod
He didn't dedicate anything to us, he doesn't even go on NGU.
All he did was hack the Playstation system to make his personal money.
Now he's suffering the consequences of doing stupid things.
All he did was hack the Playstation system to make his personal money.
Now he's suffering the consequences of doing stupid things.
He actually ONLY took in DONATIONS which was purely optional, you don't have to pay a dime to get the CFW and if you did, you got jipped.
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01-13-2011, 06:17 AM
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TheBigRod
uh-may-zuh-zing
Originally posted by F33L
He actually ONLY took in DONATIONS which was purely optional, you don't have to pay a dime to get the CFW and if you did, you got jipped.
Ah well that's true, I sure hope people don't donate to him, even if this benefitted other people, he did something REALLY stupid.
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01-13-2011, 06:24 AM
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Originally posted by TheBigRod
Ah well that's true, I sure hope people don't donate to him, even if this benefitted other people, he did something REALLY stupid.
He released it because secretly he is EgoHot and wants to work for them because in the long run, he is in it for the money.
He even said in the tweet on twitter that he would like to work for them (being sony nintendo and microsoft) to help improve security.
It may be stupid now but in the long run, it will do more good than you think.
Not only that but Im sure sony will put out an update soon changing what is on the PS3 with out directly changing the root key which will put a great halt to the CFW scene (of course not stopping it because the root key is unchangable as of now) and of course, people WILL update their PS3 just like people did with 3.40 stopping the PS3's ability to play pirated software which is Sony's worry, to be honest and real, Sony doesnt give a shit about half of NGU being able to host challenge lobbies.
01-13-2011, 06:27 AM
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TheBigRod
uh-may-zuh-zing
Originally posted by F33L
He released it because secretly he is EgoHot and wants to work for them because in the long run, he is in it for the money.
He even said in the tweet on twitter that he would like to work for them (being sony nintendo and microsoft) to help improve security.
It may be stupid now but in the long run, it will do more good than you think.
Not only that but Im sure sony will put out an update soon changing what is on the PS3 with out directly changing the root key which will put a great halt to the CFW scene (of course not stopping it because the root key is unchangable as of now) and of course, people WILL update their PS3 just like people did with 3.40 stopping the PS3's ability to play pirated software which is Sony's worry, to be honest and real, Sony doesnt give a shit about half of NGU being able to host challenge lobbies.
He even said in the tweet on twitter that he would like to work for them (being sony nintendo and microsoft) to help improve security.
It may be stupid now but in the long run, it will do more good than you think.
Not only that but Im sure sony will put out an update soon changing what is on the PS3 with out directly changing the root key which will put a great halt to the CFW scene (of course not stopping it because the root key is unchangable as of now) and of course, people WILL update their PS3 just like people did with 3.40 stopping the PS3's ability to play pirated software which is Sony's worry, to be honest and real, Sony doesnt give a shit about half of NGU being able to host challenge lobbies.
& all other 'hackers' hosting Challenge Lobbies, because it's not ruining the PS3 ITSELF, well besides it being jailbroken. But a good majority of people who have jailbroken PS3's are for challenge lobbies, not for pirated content.
01-13-2011, 06:38 AM
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nubish
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I know people who have GeoHot's hack with the UPDATE and crap but they only do it for the CL lobbies. My friend does CL's for free and accepts donations and subscribtions to his u tube. Sony certainly doesnt care about CL lobbies, just that people are able to pirate games on their network making a bad rep for sony. If they come out with a new firmware update of course everyone will keep GeoHot's Jailbrake. Geohot, way to go. Your awesome. But next time, only leak to a few and keep it away from prying eyes. That would be a better idea...
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01-13-2011, 06:43 AM
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Caucasionkidd
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People with more knowledge than the creator should be compensated and recognized for thier skills that others lack. . .
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