PlayStation Hacker Must Hand His Hard Drive Over to Sony

[Poke]

I wonder how that will work out...

Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide

 

[SatinKzo]

The last paragraph of that article is even more scary

Sony is also asking Judge Illston to order Google to surrender the IP addresses [.pdf] and other identifying information of those who have viewed or commented about the jailbreak video on Hotz’ private YouTube page. The game maker is also demanding that Twitter provide the identities of a host of hackers who first unveiled a limited version of the hack in December.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Where is the EFF here?

Once they step in Sony Lawyers will be wondering what day it is.

I am glad that SatelliteGuys is a proud supporter of the EFF.

 

[diogen]

It is the same as DirecTV suing people that bought certain hardware in 2003.
They ended up being sued for racketeering
Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV

Here is the discussion from the beginning of this standoff
http://www.satelliteguys.us/video-game-reviews-discussions/238586-ps3-security-broken-good.html

Diogen.

 

[iwc5893]

Where is the EFF here?

Once they step in Sony Lawyers will be wondering what day it is.

I am glad that SatelliteGuys is a proud supporter of the EFF.

This is only the beginning, and the court in question is not even sure they have jurisdiction over the person they are suing yet. This doesn't even take into account the fact that Google, PayPal, YouTube, and others haven't even begun to fight the subpeonas that Sony wants to serve them with.

I wasn't aware that SatelliteGuys was a support of the EFF. AWESOME!!!!

Groklaw has a lot of coverage of this topic lately, along with some interesting analysis.

 

[diogen]

From this article
Sony to inspect PlayStation hacker's hard drive

[The judge] also ordered him not to delete or modify any files connected to the jailbreak.

If his lawyer is even only half smart, the computer hard drive would be in pristine condition since the day this malaise started...

When will those kids learn?
You do this kind of things either in Sweden (DVD-Jon sued twice for DeCSS and both times acquitted), on the Cayman Islands (AnyDVD) or incognito (muslix on doom9 with the AACS hack). Good he published the stuff on the internet...

Diogen.

 

[iwc5893]

It is the same as DirecTV suing people that bought certain hardware in 2003.
They ended up being sued for racketeering
Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV

Here is the discussion from the beginning of this standoff
http://www.satelliteguys.us/video-game-reviews-discussions/238586-ps3-security-broken-good.html

Diogen.

I don't think so, but IANAL. In the DirecTV case, defendants purchased hardware that could be used to circumvent the TPM's. In this case, the defendant published the code (that was retweeted by Sony Sony Accidentally Tweets PS3 Jailbreak Code | News & Opinion | PCMag.com ) and the hardware that is being used was provided by the vendor/plantiff in the case.

That's tantamount to the supplier you bought the equipment from suing you because the equipment you bought from them could be used to violate the DMCA. Hmm..., maybe that's what Sony wants. "Here's your receipt, and here's your summons because we're suing you for buying our equipment."