Post: Sony vs Geohot Settlement documents leaked.
04-11-2011, 06:34 PM #1
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The entire settlement documents detailing the court order between Sony and George “GeoHot” Hotz has made its way into the web.

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The documents details all terms and conditions which George will have to abide by aswell as the restrictions, being imposed upon him. There’s nearly 8 pages of content and it’s worth a read for anyone, wanting to get a better idea about this whole thing.


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Originally posted by another user
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED by consent of the Parties that Hotz,
whether as an individual or as a principal, officer, director or employee of any business
entity, and his agents, servants, employees, distributors, suppliers, representatives and all
other persons or entities acting in concert or participation with Hotz who receive notice of
this Judgment, shall be and hereby are permanently enjoined and restrained from:

A. Engaging in any unauthorized access to any SONY PRODUCT under the
law;

B. Engaging in any unauthorized access to any SONY PRODUCT under the
terms of any SCEA or SCEA AFFILIATES' license agreement or terms of use
applicable to that SONY PRODUCT, whether or not Hotz has accepted such
agreement or terms of use, including without limitation:

(i) reverse engineering, decompiling, or disassembling any portion of the Sony Product;

(ii) using any tools to bypass, disable, or circumvent any encryption,
security, or authentication mechanism in the Sony Product;

(iii) using any hardware or softare to cause the Sony Product to accept
or use unauthorized, illegal or pirated softare or hardware; and

(iv) exploiting any Sony Product to design, develop, update or distribute
unauthorized softare or hardware for use with the Sony Product.
If any term of such SCEA or SCEA Affilates' license agreement or terms of
use applicable to that Sony Product shall be determined by Congress or by a
court of law in a final non-appealable decision in an action to which SCEA or
an SCEA Affiliate is a party to be illegal and unenforceable, then such term
shall not be binding on Hotz.

C. CIRCUMVENTING any of the TPMs or security in any SONY PRODUCT;

D. TRAFFICKING in any technology, product, service, device, component, or
part thereof that, at the time of Hotz's trafficking, circumvents any of the
TPMs or security in any SONY PRODUCT, including but not limited to the
Ellptical Curve Signature Algorithm ("ECDSA") Keys, encryption andlor
decryption keys, dePKG firmware decrypter program, Signing Tools, 3.55
Firmware Jailbreak, andlor any other technologies that enable unauthorized
access to andlor copying of the PS3 System andlor enable compatibility of
unauthorized copies of other copyrighted works with the PS3 System.

E. Distributing or posting any SCEA or SCEA Affiliates' confidential or
proprietary information relating to any SONY PRODUCT;

F. Knowingly assisting or inducing others to engage in any of the conduct set
forth in A-E above solely directed at any SONY PRODUCT or that otherwise
constitutes contributory liabilty under the law.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that any violation of this Injunction
and Order by Hotz shall result in his payment of stipulated liquidated damages in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation at the election of SCEA or SCEA's
Affiliates. In the event that the violation involves distribution or TRAFFICKING by Hotz of
softare, hardware, or any CIRCUMVENTION DEVICE, or knowingly assisting the same,
each distribution of said softare (including downloads via the Internet), hardware, or
CIRCUMVENTION DEVICE shall.constitute an independent violation, up to a cap of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). Such liquidated damages shall be an
optional alternative to demonstrating actual or, if relevant, statutory damages.
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04-11-2011, 06:51 PM #11
Koyasan
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Originally posted by sh View Post
T&C
Hotz
Basically he can't buy or touch any Sony product.Assisting anyone in hacking a Sony product ect. 10k per violation. (up to 250k) if Sony want.

Thats everything I got from a quick read.

Edit:
I don't see anything about bringing otheros back which he promised.

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Thanks. I was hoping to see a 'Conditions for Sony' section where they'd have to follow some rules. This kinda sucks...
04-11-2011, 06:52 PM #12
shawry
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Originally posted by Mr.KANE View Post
I dont fancy reading the whole thing. Can anyone post the terms here? +90 for whoever does.


here-
Originally posted by another user
Hotz who receive notice of
this Judgment, shall be and hereby are permanently enjoined and restrained from:
A. Engaging in any unauthorized access to any SONY PRODUCT under the
law;
B. Engaging in any unauthorized access to any SONY PRODUCT under the
terms of any SCEA or SCEA AFFILIATES' license agreement or terms of use
applicable to that SONY PRODUCT, whether or not Hotz has accepted such


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cgs18
04-11-2011, 06:52 PM #13
Originally posted by Koyasan View Post
Can someone provide a general translation? :P


General translation - Sony stopped him Fu@king with any of their products in the future and he got nothing!
04-11-2011, 06:58 PM #14
-Daemon-
HELL IS HERE
you no what that just made me mad what happened to geohotz fighting for the people he just bent over and took sony 1inc c0ck and took it like a bitch and start saying yes sony i will do as you say fuk me more plz fuk me more sony

Goehot your such a let down

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04-11-2011, 07:01 PM #15
iNK Shot
Why Can't I Be MVP?
Originally posted by whodatninja View Post
so in basic terms even though he wont admit it he actually lost... big time.
oh well at least he tried Smile


NO.

Honestly,I hope you're kidding,because I donated $35 to him for his cause that I was going to use to buy some new shoes.

Not only did I donate but so did THOUSANDS of others. And for him to just use our money then lay down like a bitch?...

ALL RESPECT LOST.
04-11-2011, 07:03 PM #16
DiJiTaLGoDz
Former Staff
Originally posted by Koyasan View Post
Can someone provide a general translation? :P


Originally posted by Mr.KANE View Post
I dont fancy reading the whole thing. Can anyone post the terms here? +90 for whoever does.


i edited my first post on this thread so people understand what this means.

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04-11-2011, 07:05 PM #17
Originally posted by KungO View Post
NO.

Honestly,I hope you're kidding,because I donated $35 to him for his cause that I was going to use to buy some new shoes.

Not only did I donate but so did THOUSANDS of others. And for him to just use our money then lay down like a bitch?...

ALL RESPECT LOST.


Well Geo had a new pair of shoes when he sold out! Wonder where he got the money to buy them!
04-11-2011, 07:09 PM #18
brenzo2
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Originally posted by Mr.KANE View Post
Repped.


Thanks, if you go in to more detail than Fl@sh then I'll rep you as well.


No rep needed but i think this is what your asking for;

George Hotz cannot modify or help the modification of the ps3, to help install 'homebrew' or do so himself.
Any of this can result in a fine of $10,000 for each offense.
Also he cannot effect the sales... Sony dicks :carling: he could say don't buy ps3, im moving to xbox :bye: lol.

But anyways this is what i got, also they have made sure that any case in the future will be held in california

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04-11-2011, 07:10 PM #19
iNK Shot
Why Can't I Be MVP?
Originally posted by Ltsme View Post
Well Geo had a new pair of shoes when he sold out! Wonder where he got the money to buy them!


How old are you? 7?

Shouldn't you be in school right now....?

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