PS3 PIRATING DISCUSSION

[Katlan]

You are completely fucking clueless, aren't you?

I guess, fill me in? Ive barely been following it.. but saw that and was highly amused.

All I know is guy hacked PS3 > bragged about it > got a court order against him > bragged more > went on vacation and garnered more attention to himself > now his buddies are making public statements to attack Sony's network & I guess yesterday and part of today ppl are now having issues w/ PSN

[Katlan]

double, thats odd

[Kiarax]

Or you can actually read some of this thread and maybe the one in general about script kiddies from 4chan DDoSing Sony, not "hacker friends of GeoHot".

[Katlan]

Oh, didn't see the thread in general. Oops

[Ragnell]

derp

[miokomioko]

Friends or not, it's a reflection of who follows and supports Hotz's work. Anonymous shot him in the foot.

[Cayos]

http://kotaku.com/#!5790814/playstat...inment-america

Joel Johnson — Playstation Hacker Geohot Settles with Sony Computer Entertainment AmericaHacker George "Geohot" Hotz, the man who Sony accused of cracking the PlayStation 3 security, has settled with Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). According to a statement issued by SCEA, Hotz has "consented to a permanent injunction" against the information published by Hotz.

While full details of the settlement are not yet available, it's hard to parse this as anything but a win for Hotz, who simply has to refrain from publishing information that is already broadly reproduced elsewhere on the internet. Sony, by not going to court, does not have to risk a protracted and ugly trial against a customer.

[Ragnell]

Good work for holding out so long

[Kaisha]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/...rge-hotz-case/

I'm surprised they even posted that on the blog. Granted still no real details.

[Appie]

While full details of the settlement are not yet available, it's hard to parse this as anything but a win for Hotz, who simply has to refrain from publishing information that is already broadly reproduced elsewhere on the internet. Sony, by not going to court, does not have to risk a protracted and ugly trial against a customer.

How is this exactly a win for Hotz besides getting away pretty much unharmed? Didn't Sony make a firmware patch the other week that simply does not use the rootkey anymore? Or was that already bypassed by hackers? Sony now has control to patch up PS3's security again since they can slam down anybody who publishes information about hacking the console? Considering they got a court order for Hotz to shut up, anybody else should be even easier? Which would result in preventing PS4 hacking before the console is even made? Looks more like a win for Sony to me.

[Ragnell]

wat

[archibaldcrane]

All Hotz can't do is distribute something that's already widely in distribution. It's a meaningless concession, they got nothing of value from the man who broke their security.

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[Ragnell]

All Hotz can't do is distribute something that's already widely in distribution. It's a meaningless concession, they got nothing of value from the man who broke their security.

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Seems about right

[archibaldcrane]

If someone brings a suit against you, and you make them go away without giving up anything meaningful, they lost.

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[Appie]

wat

Hence all the question marks in that reply.

I know the PS3 is pretty much lost since it's widespread, but was more looking at stuff for the future, but w/e =D

edit: oh hello topic in general I forgot.

[Julian]

Dunno if I like this.

Sure, it's good for him, but isn't he basically settling that sony was right? What happened to Sony being bullies, hell, even look at his blog

What if SCEA tries to settle?
Lets just say, I want the settlement terms to include OtherOS on all PS3s and an apology on the PlayStation blog for ever removing it. It'd be good PR for Sony too, lord knows they could use it. I'm also willing to accept a trade, a legit path to homebrew for knowledge of how to stop new firmwares from being decrypted.

Yeah, good job.

edit: Anyway, I always said that kid was a huge attention whore

[Charismatic]

Sony wins in the case since he's said he won't be buying anymore Sony products, rofl.
Not the win they were looking for but at least he won't be in their hair in the future.

I'm sure they lose more money dealing with guys like him than they make off his purchases, hah.

[Kaisha]

And the details are now out - <<link removed due to new policy/copyright problems>>
I really don't know how I feel about it.......

[archibaldcrane]

Heh. So to make Sony go away, he basically agreed to click "I Agree". A pretty humorous ending.

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[Dryr]

So to make Sony go away, he basically agreed to click "I Agree"

First off, I don't care much about the case. I don't use my ps3 for more than the occasional demo and playing blurays.

But, this is the issue that I think would leave the door open for an appeal. The judge didn't just make him adhere to the ToC, he has to abide by any ToC regardless of whether he agreed to it or not, forever...