Technology Anonymous takes out Sony.com and Playstation.com

[xPass]

Jailbreaking is in all ways legal.

WHAT? I never knew that

 

[Lyerae]

Yeah, from what I understand, a new law / regulation / whatever states that jailbreaking is legal, and that companies can't sue anyone whom jailbreaks, or develops jailbreaks.

If I ever find the article / new posts, I'll link 'em.

 

[Vellu]

Yeah, from what I understand, a new law / regulation / whatever states that jailbreaking is legal, and that companies can't sue anyone whom jailbreaks, or develops jailbreaks.

If I ever find the article / new posts, I'll link 'em.

Well that's good news!

 

[Slapshot136]

WHAT? I never knew that

it is legal - you are using the device that you paid for to it's fullest, as opposed to being locked down and being told in what ways you can and can't use it - most of the time this voids the warranty (the link is for iphones, since those get the most attention, and are the only ones that the term "jailbreaking" really applies to, but it covers pretty much all devices, including DD-WRT/tomato on routers)

how else would you guys suggest attacking sony? in court has proven ineffective, and this hits them where it hurts (their customers, who will be angry at sony, since anon isn't a target that they can take their anger out on) - or are you the kind of person who would prefer to do nothing and let devices get locked down and less accessible?

 

[Varine]

You can't jailbreak it and then use it to cheat. You also will probably void your warranty but no one can really stop you.

I would suggest not attacking Sony. By these same standards, my company would be attacked for our security system we're using to protect our assets. What happened to their whole thing about nonviolence?

 

[Hero]

I'm actually happy this happened. This just goes to show you. If you mess with people and tell them what they can't do. It will be done. Sony had it coming to them. Now Sony just needs to let people do whatever they want and fix up your network.

 

[FireCat]

It is getting a little out of hand don't you think?

 

[thewrongvine]

'Tis like the Salem Witch Trials! Except Abigail is Anon!

... ...

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

It is getting a little out of hand don't you think?

It was never in hand. Isn't that the point?

 

[perkeyone]

what exactly are the benefits of jailbreaking a device such as the ps3
apart form being able to play illegal copies of games?

 

[tooltiperror]

what exactly are the benefits of jailbreaking a device such as the ps3
apart form being able to play illegal copies of games?

It's irrelevant.

The point is the consumer has every right to do what they want with their console. Sony can choose to refuse a service (PSN) because of what they do, but they can not take legal action against a consumer for doing a legal action with their legally owned product. Taking apart a PS3, despite popular belief, is legal. Geohot merely did that, and was sued by Sony.

Sony violated the legal rights of an anon, and anonymous fought back.

Jailbreaking also does have other uses.

i.e., one could jailbreak to install a distribution of linux and one could, say, hunt pedophiles.

 

[Sevion]

I wonder. Could Geohot counter-sue Sony (and win)?

 

[Slapshot136]

I wonder. Could Geohot counter-sue Sony (and win)?

not likely, as legal battles are mostly a battle of $$ (civil suits in the U.S. atleast) - sony has $$, Geohot does not (relative to sony)

what exactly are the benefits of jailbreaking a device such as the ps3
apart form being able to play illegal copies of games?

what can you use a computer for besides playing games? - all of those possibilities

P.S. - if sony was going after the people who played games without buying them, that would be one thing, but they aren't - they are lumping all the people together and going after everyone, regardless if they played games on it or not - that there is the major issue

 

[Wiseman_2]

Sony are suing Geohot because he published the key which is required by games to be able to run on the PS3. For all his claims he doesn't condone piracy, releasing the one thing which would most easily enable it makes those claims ridiculously laughable.

 

[Dan]

He published a key. That doesn't sound illegal. Sounds maybe unethical but not illegal.

 

[Varine]

Mailing someone a packet of sugar doesn't sound illegal either. Weird, maybe, but still quite illegal.

 

[Sevion]

It's not weird. It makes sense to me actually.

 

[Varine]

Makes sense to me that publishing things that will likely cause a company to lose a significant amount of money without permission is illegal.

 

[Vicboy]

I don't get it. Anon is helping geohot? He's a freaking asshat. I've owned a PS3 for 5 years and I've been forced to pay 60 dollars per game. And looking back at it, legitimacy over piracy doesn't actually hurt me as much as I'd expect it to feel.

Sony isn't going to back down on a fight against piracy, and I'll actually support them on that. Anon has never actually won against anyone, and when they challenge a corporate giant like Sony, they're not going to get a reaction at all.

 

[Varine]

You've been FORCED? Haha.