Comments on: Judge Delays Ruling on PlayStation Hack

By: Online Global Week in Review 21 January 2011 from IP Think Tank

Online Global Week in Review 21 January 2011 from IP Think Tank — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:38:43 +0000

[...] – Judge delays ruling on PlayStation hack: Sony v. Hotz (TorrentFreak) (Electronic Frontier [...]

By: J

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:46:15 +0000

I agree with the general consensus here. If I buy a radio for example, that can only pick up even numbered frequencies, there shouldn’t be an issue with me tweaking it to play the odd channels too – unless of course the odd channels are premium & require an extra fee.

And that’s exactly why Sony is suing. Most people who see this will think “Hey, I can get free games from this” and will stop paying for the games. Its not so much that we’re hacking the PS3 in order to get it to run Firefox instead of their own browser… its that we’re cracking their system to play free games.

@Ubermonk (# 8) the recent DMCA exception had limited scope (as do all exceptions). Don’t quote me, but I believe A.) it only applies to smart phones, and B.) it only applies to installing legally obtained third party software that is not available by the provider (in this case, Apple). The exception does NOT cover jailbreaking your iphone (or if it covers PS3s) to run pirated games/apps.

IMHO though, I’d point out that they did it wrong. They shouldn’t have chosen such a public avenue to stop Geohotz from spreading the news. By going public like this, now EVERYONE knows about it. Now everyone is going to scour the net looking for a mirror of Geohotz’s site so they can get free games….

By: Ubermonk

Ubermonk — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:52:50 +0000

wasn’t there a precedent set by the whole apple jail-breaking thing?

By: Xbox360

Xbox360 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:10:38 +0000

Waaaa, our encryption system is failing because we engineered it wrong. Waaaaa.

By: Dale

Dale — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:04:52 +0000

Freedom in the USA has been gone for many years. Corporate authority over every facet of our lives is the rule of the day. Just ask Antonin Scalia.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:40:19 +0000

Any company that cites the “DMCA” as the grounds for the complaint is automatically engaging in Class A bullshit as far as I am concerend.

How long are we as free minded people going to sit back and suffer one injustice after another from The United States of Hypocrisy?

By: Blazin&Pimpin

Blazin&Pimpin — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:15:16 +0000

I agree with you all the way bro. If I want to alter my stuff to satisfy myself then I have that right to do so. As long as I am not doing anything illegal with it then there shouldn’t be a problem ;) That would be like AMD and Intel suing people because they overclocked there cpu’s.

By: Hacker

Hacker — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:36:08 +0000

I agree totally. I think that all Hotz is completely in the right. All he is doing is exercising his basic right as a FREE American.

By: Race

Race — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:42:13 +0000

I agree sooner or later if people keep letting shit like this go how long until america is no longer free at all

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:01:06 +0000

Hey, it’s simple. It is our hardware, we bought it. It does not belong to sony, if i want to make it run on linux or make a giant robot out of it, that is my business. You want to buy a car that is only allowed to drive in your state? Or a radio that only plays music from sony bmg? No, than you simply find a way to change the frequency and find a different station. Well that is “hacking” and you should be fined thousands of dollars for posting a way to hobby around with your hardware… Idiots.