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George Hotz said he's making them mad.

George "Geohot" Hotz, one of several PlayStation 3 hackers responsible for breaching the console's security to install homebrew applications, has spoken out saying he did nothing illegal.

"Right now, still legally, you can go to my website and download my Jailbreak for your PS3," Hotz told G4TV. "What it lets you do is install homebrew applications that are developed by anyone. You can develop your own application or go download some and put them on your jailbroken PS3."

Hotz, 21, was targeted in a restraining order filed by Sony earlier this week alleging that he, along with other groups of hackers, circumvented PS3 security measures to enable piracy on the console.

"The way piracy was previously done doesn't work in my jailbreak," he claims. "I made a specific effort while I was working on this to try to enable homebrew without enabling things I do not support, like piracy."

When asked why he thought he was targeted in this complaint, Hotz jokingly replied saying it's because he was "making Sony mad."

In July, the Library of Congress made changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), deeming it fair use for people to jailbreak mobile phones and install third-party software. Hotz said he believes this protection should also apply to gaming consoles.

"Currently the difference is the DMCA says specifically mobile phones, but the same precedent should apply," he explained. "If they decide a phone is a closed system, where the manufacturer controls all the software that runs on it, if you can Jailbreak one closed system, why can't you jailbreak another?"

Hotz later said the fallout from this case, if he were to win, could have huge ramifications. "This case is about a lot more than what I did and me," he said. "It's about whether you really own that device that you purchased."

When asked what he's going to hack next, Hotz jokingly said, "When does the PSP2 come out?"

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Wow, if he makes a jailbreak for the PSP2, Sony might pay him off just to not release it.

Oh yeah I remember when he said that.

ABOUT A ****ING WEEK AGO.

Come on man, we have all seen the interview in the flesh. This is just a transcript of the same old shite......

you guys gotta start using the search function more

i am curious to how this all is gonna be sorted and what will happen

First time iv'e seen this o_o