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04-11-2011, 06:34 PM
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ciunas
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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.
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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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.
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, 07:46 PM
#29
xVzS-
Brute
Originally posted by Koyasan
**** apple! Who would want to hack anything other than the best gaming system and what is generally a great computer? PS3 hacking is more in demand I'd say. Especially with the overpriced Apple products.
great system i agree. but i dont think that you are going to sell it cuz of no homebrew are you?
04-11-2011, 08:04 PM
#30
The Rangers
At least I can fight
Originally posted by Mr.KANE
I dont fancy reading the whole thing. Can anyone post the terms here? +90 for whoever does.
Pretty much, in all of this file. It says GEOHOT cannot **** with sony in any shape or form. If he does, he gets charged $10,000 for every offense made. If he releases any devices or anything, each download is an independent offense, which may lead up to a $250,000 fine.
the user above quoted it mat credit to him :angel:
04-11-2011, 08:34 PM
#31
1035AMC
Do a barrel roll!
I get the feeling that Sony got impatient with court and did this because they saw no purpose on keeping it on. Sony has already sent a message to all the hackers, and also won the fight against GeoHot, and also by doing this Sony has one less reason to be attacked by Anonymous.
That was just a quick analysis of why sony could have done this. Honestly Sony did a nice move over there but what bothers me the most is that GeoHot didnt kept fighting and didnt really showed his purpose, there are many people who donated to him because they had the same believes and thoughts as GeoHots and wanted to prove that to Sony by supporting Geo
That was just a quick analysis of why sony could have done this. Honestly Sony did a nice move over there but what bothers me the most is that GeoHot didnt kept fighting and didnt really showed his purpose, there are many people who donated to him because they had the same believes and thoughts as GeoHots and wanted to prove that to Sony by supporting Geo
04-11-2011, 08:46 PM
#33
Ltsme
Grunt
Originally posted by KungO
I am in no way questioning your grammar, and PLEASE o great one! Forgive me for making a mistake,but I am French....so at least I have an excuse.
So your French. Not sure I believe that but someone has to be.
Chill out man! The original comment was made in jest.
04-12-2011, 03:08 AM
#35
Antagonizer88
Bounty hunter
Originally posted by 1035AMC
GeoHot didnt kept fighting and didnt really showed his purpose, there are many people who donated to him because they had the same believes and thoughts as GeoHots and wanted to prove that to Sony by supporting Geo
This is pretty much what I've been saying from the start. Geohot isn't out to protect anyone. He's in it for himself. That's why the first chance he got, he settled with as little damage to himself as possible.
If he genuinely cared or thought he had a chance at winning, he wouldn't have settled, especially for so little. He failed, and miserably, and probably pissed off alot of his supporters (just read his blog geohotgotsued.blogspot.com under his newest post).
And now he's saying that he's "Joining the sony boycott", as if he actually had a choice in the matter.
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