Hacker Geohot Sued by Sony

A web source just published that Geohot (a.k.a. George Hotz), and the fail0verflow team have been sued by Sony over the Play Station 3 jailbreak, and making it public.


An excerpt from the lawsuit reads:

Defendants George Hotz, “Bushing,” Hector Cantero, Sven Peter and “Segher”

(collectively, “Defendants”) are computer hackers. Working individually and in concert with one another, Defendants recently bypassed effective technological protection measures (“TPMs”) employed by plaintiff Sony Computer Entertainment America LLP (“SCEA”) in its proprietary PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system (“PS3 System”).  Through the Internet, Defendants are distributing software, tools and instructions (collectively, “Circumvention Devices”) that circumvent the TPMs in the PS3 System and facilitate the counterfeiting of video games.  Already, pirated video games are being packaged and distributed with these circumvention devices.  Declaration of Ryan T. Bricker In Support of Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order And Order To Show Cause Re Preliminary Injunction; Order for Impoundment (“Bricker Decl.”) ¶2, Exh. A.  Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 and Local Rules 65-1 and 7-10, SCEA moves ex parte to put an immediate halt to the ongoing distribution of these illegal Circumvention Devices and avoid

irreparable harm to SCEA and to other video game software developers stemming from video game piracy.

iPhone jailbreaks and unlocks are considered legal per the United States government, as long as they're not used for piracy. If we're to support developers, I'd say Sony is wasting their time suing instead of learning from their mistakes.

I personally believe Sony will not succeed over PS3 jailbreaks, once it's done, it can't be stopped. 

Thanks, Redmond Pie