Technology Anonymous takes out Sony.com and Playstation.com

[tooltiperror]

He was officially sued for the development of the Jailbreak.

Jailbreaking is a completely legal activity (read: backwards engineering is legal) although it can void warranties with corporations and such. George Francis Hotz and the rest of fail0verflow staff was brought to court on eight violations, such as copyright infringement, which were all of course invalid.

The jailbreak is still available right now because of mirrors to demonstrate First Amendment privileges.

 

[Wiseman_2]

Regardless of that, no one of sound mind can possibly support this current action by anonymous, when they are going after personal details of the families of Sony execs with the intent of publishing that information. Going after innocent children and people like that are more akin to the actions of terrorists, not activists.

 

[Varine]

I wouldn't call them terrorists. Typically at least they have the balls to say who they are.

 

[tooltiperror]

I wouldn't call them terrorists. Typically at least they have the balls to say who they are.

... it's called Anonymous for a (few) reason(s).

 

[FireCat]

It was never in hand.

But it will happen sooner or later.

 

[Varine]

... it's called Anonymous for a (few) reason(s).

I'm aware of that. I'm calling them pussies for hiding behind it.

 

[sqrage]

Sony Settles PlayStation Hacking Lawsuit

Sony dropped its jailbreaking lawsuit against PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz on Monday in exchange for promises the New Jersey hacker would never again tinker with the game console or any Sony product, records show.

Respected for his iPhone hacks and now the PlayStation 3 jailbreak, Hotz was accused of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other laws, after he published an encryption key and software tools on his website in January that allow Playstation owners to gain complete control of their consoles from the firmware on up.

The DMCA prohibits the trafficking of so-called “circumvention devices” designed to crack copy-protection schemes. The law does not require Sony to prove that Hotz received payment for the hack, which was designed to allow PlayStation 3 owners the ability to run home-brewed software or alternative operating systems like Linux. It builds on a series of earlier jailbreaks that unlocked less-protected levels of the PlayStation’s authentication process.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/sony-settles-ps3-lawsuit/