Judge Allows Sony to Unmask Anybody Who Visited GeoHot Site

A federal magistrate is granting Sony the right to acquire the internet IP addresses of anybody who has visited PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz’ website from January of 2009 to the present.
Also included in the subpoena is the request from all traffic from George Hotz' twitter account as well as data from Youtube and Google.

[Kamikaze135]

Ouch, glad I never visited the site.

[Focker420]

Wow!! Same here, not like I've done anything wrong though.

[limewax]

Kind of stupid really, I thought GeoHots site consisted mostly of Iphone jailbreaks, not really going to help sony much surely?

Edit: I see that he apparently also hosted the PS3 jailbreak, Maybe the article meant the people who downloaded that specifically. Since you know, Sony dont own Apple

Also what if anybody anti-piracy went on the site to get his e-mail and hatemail him? Theres always bound to be a few

[badz149]

"Sony doesn't have a case". so far, Geodouche is being raped hard!

[darkdoom3000]

Take off your tinfol hats boys.

It only allows sony's lawyers to geolocate where the views are comming from,
they want to prove that there were enough viewrs from califonia so they can do the court hearing from there.

Sony cant do anything else with the information.

[Red_Phoenix]

@darkdoom 3000

"The subpoena demands data to identify who watched the video and “documents reproducing all records or usernames and IP addresses that have posted or published comments in response to the video.”

"A fourth subpoena is directed at Twitter, demanding the disclosure of all of Hotz’s tweets, and “documents sufficient to identify all names, addresses, and telephone numbers associated with the Twitter account.”

"Sony has threatened to sue anybody who posts the hacking tools or the encryption key. It is seeking unspecified damages from Hotz."

Says it all right there, anyone who even thought of doing anything illegal to their ps3 will be screwed.

[Etseix]

i visited the site when an article sayd he was accepting $$$$ to fight sony, but just because the link was directly to the main menu of that site...

[jadenkorri]

i went to it, but my ps3 ain't modded, if they ban people for going to a website, oh man, I'd be quickly filing a lawsuit. Be the quickest kick in the ass for sony ever. My demands, every ps3/ps4/etc game sent to me free for the rest of my life lolz.

[phinch]

Theres some right idiots on here who think sony are going to ban there ps3 for looking at the site................. are you people really that stupid?

[Vaud-Villian]

Invasion of privacy much? I hope Sony loses.

[radphil]

"Invasion of privacy much? I hope Sony loses."

Despite all the comments earlier that explained this, and you STILL stated this....I....wha....huh....

[conswella]

If everyone would just start pirating then none of this would be the issue it is.

[MysticStrummer]

Yeah radphil... the mind boggles sometimes at the legal minds we have here on this site. It's a privilege to be here, really.

[captain-obvious]

sony is running after those hackers like a mad dog
damn ...

[rockleex]

Sony only needs that information so that if you choose to contribute to PS3 hacking, then they'll already have data on you.

If not then you should be fine.

Its like getting the fingerprints of civilians so that whenever someone commits a crime, police and FBI can use fingerprints to trace back to the criminal.

[Anon1974]

Simple as that.

[a_bro]

"Invasion of privacy much? I hope Sony loses"

as if companies like google doesnt do the same when you visit their site...

[Mahr]

Thank goodness for proxy sites.

[jadenkorri]

@ phinch

hopefully people clearly saw i was joking or it would be sad.

[I_find_it_funny]

F em up Sony, F em up hard

[sikbeta]

Screw them all Sony, NO MERCY XD I even more against hacking now that I know those d-bags can get all trophies without playing the games, that's so freaking LAME!

[Vherostar]

Using the info they will find everybody who has a modded PS3 and ban them for LIFE. Even those who didnt actually download it.. Pretty harsh but why else would you visit his site except for piracy?? Dont you dare say homebrew as your just lying to yourself.

[nveenio]

They're not going to charge more people, they're just going to prove that he distributed what he's accused of distributing.

[DragonKnight]

Yeah, this is EXACTLY like the iPhone case eh hacker supporters? Sony doesn't stand a chance right? Lol.

On topic: This isn't really much to worry about. Looking at IP's isn't going to be a big deal unless those IP's use the code. Donations aren't illegal, though why you'd donate to this loser is beyond comprehension. You only have to worry if you used the code. And Geohot would have to worry too since it could then be argued that he "sold" the code by keeping it on his site and accepting donations. Even if he tries to say that the donations are for legal fees, keeping the code on his page doesn't help him.

[zag]

Some people here think it's to ban people's PSN accounts.

It won't be for that, it'd be done to reduce the support for geohot overall as Sony can then trace back to people's IP addresses via PSN accounts and other ways like credit cards that have been added to PSN accounts.

So if you grabbed at any of his stuff and get sued they'll turn around and blame goehot for Sony suing them because if he hadn't released this info they wouldn't be sued by Sony.

The other reason to grab all the info is to trace the people who are always trying to host these files all the time.

Sony is doing geohot a favour by having the files removed from the net as geohot has a court order to remove ALL traces of these files hacks etc from the net himself otherwise he'll fail the court order and could face a big fine or jail time or both.

He could be facing a few billion dollars in fines seeing as it costed Sony over 100 billion just to buy the Cell factory you'll need to add up all the R&D costs plus the production costs then add up all the piracy costs and what other costs there have been to make the PS3 happen.

Geohot is just a kid he doesn't have any idea what he actually faces in terms of fines and jail time and he'll end up in jail for sure.

Him asking for money is him asking people to pay him to hack the PS3 so they can pirate games on it.

He's screwed as Sony are going to throw him in the toilet and stuff him down the sewer pipe.

This will be far worse than that mother that got sued by RIAA and ended up with a 300 million dollar fine.

his life will be forever screwed after this court case he'll never have a job at a tech company again nor a proper job as he'll have a criminal record after this with fraud etc cases all over it.

Then Apple might come knocking on the door after Sony has gone through him.

Graf_choko is in the same boat, idiots thinking they can do what ever they like all the while the law says nope can't do that it always catches up to people one day.

And the real sad part is it's all over not being able to install a fucking OS on a GAME console, like anyone really gives a fuck about having Linux on a fucking GAME console.

[Dee_91]

what .. who .. why in the helll ... would people think sony could sue them just for visiting a site ... cmom people ..

[Mahr]

"geohot has a court order to remove ALL traces of these files hacks etc from the net"

No, he does not. That decision was reversed, which is not surprising because it was completely insane.

From the judge: “It’s information. It can’t be retrieved. It’s just not practical... What would they do, Xerox it and mail it back? This kind of got away from me and I apologize for that.”

"like anyone really gives a **** about having Linux on a fucking GAME console"

There are people who care enough about Linux that they have found ways to install it in their refrigerators. But multi-media devices are beyond the pail?

"his life will be forever screwed after this court case he'll never have... a proper job as he'll have a criminal record after this with fraud etc cases all over it"

Strange thing to say in the comments section of a Wired article, considering Dark Dante is their senior editor.

[psman012]

This is extremely stupid. What about those people just reading his website, learning why he hacked consoles, or as others said, looking for iPhone hacks?? This is so stupid... I can't remember if I ever visited it or not...

[piroh]

they don't want the IPs, they want squeeze this George as hard as they can. people won't donate him forever, his band (hackers) won't pay for him whereas they even wouldn't pay for a games

[Dante112]

Yeah, I think they are just trying to track down the other hacker involved. Already caught two so far.

[radphil]

You guys do realize they're going after those that actually downloaded the files and keys right? At that standard you breached THEIR privacy.

[psman012]

@radphil

Thank you for clarifying, the article made it seem like they were fining the people that just visited the site. Thank you.

[radphil]

@psman012

Yea, i mean it would be completely far-fetched to attack those that even glimpsed at the thing. For them to even sue people to that caliber, would have some serious consequences for them.

[yoshiroaka]

Woah, it always warms the heart to see a guy make a comment on n4g, another guy corrects it and then the original poster thanks him (genuinely). Such a rare thing to see resonable ppl open to criticism and correction on n4g.

Its always 'the sky is purple' 'no dude its blue' 'NO ITS PURPLE YOU RAWWWWWWWWWWW*^&%&$$%# $'

Lol, kudos!

[lazysey]

what the fuck someone take down this article now! I don't want to be ip logged/tracked by sony! N4G is next!

[gamingdroid]

This is turning into a serious freedom of speech issue. You can NOT now look up information without Sony (or any other company for that matter) can invade your privacy to exercise your freedom to view freely available information.

I hope Sony looses and a huge customer backlash ensues that you can't rough your customers (or non-customers that just are curious)!

[PS3n360]

gamingdroid. I agree this is a serious invasion of our human rights. I am anti piracy myself but this is a slap in the face. I visited his site as well when all the articles came out just to see for myself what was going on strictly to form my own opinion on Geohot and the case in general. Up untill now I was siding with Sony. I for one am outraged that a judge gave Sony the kind of power only enjoyed by tyrants, dictators and terrorists. All I can say is F$#% you Sony. Keep it up and I will never buy another Sony product again. And all you people cheering this move on, kiss your freedom goodbye sounds like you don't want it anyway. I suggest you read "1984" to see where this will lead.

[lazysey]

We are not so different than Egypt. We don't learn from our mistakes, we live them.

[MysticStrummer]

Freedom of speech...? Invasion of human rights...? LOL No.

[zag]

freedom of speech is a US law not a world law.

The Failoverflow aren't in the US so they can be tracked and be screwed over.

Yet it's more about getting people to start lynching geohot, it could also be Apple wanting in on the action too.

Don't forget Apple can screw geohot just as much as he just released a hack for the iphone 4.1 or 4.2 iOS in the last few days.

Not very smart for this geohot guy.

[farhad2k8]

MUHUHAHAHAHA!!
All the Hackers will be targeted now, thank GOD!
Hope they get IP banned from all future PlayStations also!
They deserve it!!

How would they like it if they created a new games console and Sony hacked it? I would really enjoy that. :)

[RedDead]

Yeah, get banned for visiting a site....the only reason I visted his site was to see what the hell was going on with the case. I wouldn't have known about him or cared other than the case becoming so big. Rediculous imo. Sony can ban themselves for going on his site.

[NBT91]

Not everyone who visited his site was interested in hacking their PS3, I am slightly annoyed but I know I was just curious and did nothing wrong when I went there so not too bothered about this but others might be..

[duplissi]

even if you did go to the site and downloaded the jailbreak you did nothing wrong.. so there is no legal basis for sony to do anything to you, this data is to be used against geohot.

jeez people are dense..

[farhad2k8]

Who in the world would ban you for visiting a website?
Obviously I'm talking about the ones that downloaded vast amounts of information from the websites, regular visitors etc.

People can be really stupid at times.

[JD_Shadow]

It's the notion that they are allowed now to do this at ALL! Why did this judge (which I was trying to search up to see if there was something about him that we need to know about...seems there's some question about him having a bias) decide that this was necessary? This is not just Geohot's site. This is Twitter, YouTube, and other sites that need to do this, and this involves telephone numbers and IP addys. Why does Sony need all of that, and why from so many sites? Could Sony, after getting those, sue ME for simply viewing something he did by trying to say that I did something I clearly did not do? Could they sell that info to third parties that would use that info for whatever they want to use that for? You may think it's a "tinfoil hat" thing, but don't be so sure. Remember back in I think 2007, when the issue of warrantless wiretapping came into the news. There were more companies willing to give Bush what he wanted than you might think.

But, of course, with the ignorance of people here on N4G hitting an all time high, I could see people on here not caring less if Sony wants their entire life story.

[Ocelot525]

"Hope they get IP banned from all future PlayStations also"

many ISP's assign dynamic ip's to their users idiot

I get a new IP every 2 days, i also can request a new IP on the web-GUI of my modem. I never have to wait 1 hour after each download on rapidshare cuz i change my ip each time :D

[v1c1ous]

WOW. WOW. way to bend over to corporations judicial system. i never visited the site, but get your browsing habits turned over to a company without your consent?

privacy? what's that? nothing but bells and whistles to corporate big guns.

piss on the constitution some more Sony.

[BoNeSaW23]

"your browsing habits turned over to a company without your consent?" LOL! This happens EVERYDAY to YOU when your on the interwebs. You didn't know that!
And how is Sony pissing on the constitution by protecting their IP and protecting their developers from being robbed and stole from?

[MysticStrummer]

xD Piss on the constitution...? WOW !!! Which constitution would that be exactly?

[AccountClosed57029]

Looks like President Nixon has become "the Watergate Hero".

[v1c1ous]

typical sony commies response. it's people like you that allow the freedom of true blooded americans from rising! admit it, you guys HATE FREEDOM!

[Bear_Grylls]

Seeing as Sony isn't based in the US they can piss on your constitution all they want.

Good on them to.

I hope they hang Hotz.

[ziggurcat]

i'm sure there would only be a problem if you had downloaded any of the circumvention tools available on his website. there's absolutely no harm in clicking on a link to his website as we all know how much it's been mentioned on the internet lately (especially on this very site).

this is certainly good news for sony, and hotz's grave is getting just a little deeper. i imagine it's nearly 6" now.... i can't wait for the judge to put the final nail in this douchebag's coffin.

[Scary69]

Good! That is what happens when you support stupidity you get screwed the same way. Hope Sony wins maybe then these hackers would think twice about hacking and sharing.

[fatstarr]

eff the law, eff sony and all these acta acts,
imma visit all of his sites and register i dont care.
i dont own a ps3 to my name so what can sony do. -_-

sharing is the major backbone of the internet and if it weren't for hackers we would all be dead. every company thinks their code is uncrackable until someone comes along and proves otherwise which then makes their code way better and increases everyone's intelligence.

[maverick40]

you sound like a ten year old. Most retarded thing i have read all day, cheers.

[Legion]

The defence need only to subpoena the twitter of Kevin Butler to determine the number of people that viewed it's release of the code.

That and the ip of everyone here on N4G that viewed the code via the news article. Thus to determine how much Sony propegated the code of their own accord since the filed suit.

[MNicholas]

If you donated money to Geohot AND you acquired the legally protected information from him, he's in an even deeper hole because it would be clear evidence that he's selling something that isn't his to sell. It's theft and trade in intellectual property. He's at best an idiot and at worst a genuine criminal and, if you supported him with you cash, or even clicks, you're no better.

[JD_Shadow]

By who's account? Yours?

Hotz checked with his lawyers before doing the donation thing, so I doubt he wouldn't do that if he thought he would get into trouble by doing that.

And, to put a period to that point, several grassroots organizations, such as the EFF and ACLU (two organizations in which I have supported, by the way), have petitioned for donations. Both of them have a legal team that has helped people fight legal battles, and even when those trials were going on, those organizations did not close out their petitions for donations, in which part of the donations goes to paying the legal fees.

If you want to arrest Geohot for the petitioning and those who donated to him, you have to do the same to any organization that has ever done that, and you have to hold that same logic you are holding in Geohot's case (which is ridiculous to begin with), and apply it to all those other organizations (especially with the EFF, which has fought similar types of cases). Are you really going to ask for that, and are you really going to say that those other organizations and their donors and members are criminals, as well?

EDIT: What is this epidemic with people saying that others on this site are "missing the point" before saying something that is obviously the mainstream argument on N4G right now? That would show that people aren't missing the point...well, YOUR point, at least!

[ProGrasTiNation]

Your some fool,you realy believe that.lol
Sheep

[cannon8800]

Wow poor guy
he got GEO-OWNED

[morkendo23]

ouch, SONY not FKING around.go get em sony whooo-hooo

[lee_ten]

geohot is screwed. that's all i'm gonna say. *sips cocktail*

[deafwing]

okay, this is getting ridiculous

[CaliGamer]

That's rough. All fun and games until someone gets fined. LOL.

[FantasyStar]

Damn, guess I'm gonna get sued by Sony for visiting geohot's blog. Tough world. :(

Ehhh..not really. :)

[FailOverHero]

Maybe ps3 business isn't doing too well and now they plan on making the bulk of their revenue thru suing sprees. Talk about Intimidation Frenzy!!
With LG breathing down their necks and clamping down on ps3 sales, they gotta make money somehow.
@blackburn, so those 100 000 ps3's that are in lockdown, have they been sold or are they being clamped down?? Whats that? They've been clamped down? Oh, so what you're saying is that LG have clamped down on 100k units of ps3's that could have been up for sale by now but aren't?

[PLASTICA-MAN]

in another universe in another dimension. Can Sony sue me?! :D !

[FantasyStar]

They gon' fine you.
They gon' fine you.
So you can run and tell dat.
run and tell dat
run and tell dat
homeboy
home-home. homeboy.

XD

[ultimate-remag]

hmmm but lg got their ban after the suing started..... (learn 2 troll b4 u troll)

[blackburn5]

Please don't speak if you don't know what you are taking about. LG have barely clamped down on any of the PS3 sales. 100,000 out of the millions that are shipped to the other parts of the continent They can barely keep the PS3 from being sold in a few countries much less all of Europe. Sony sound like they are out for blood though. I am staying out of this. @ BK-201. Thank you. I thought there was no one on this site left with any brains. They are probably going for evidence for the trial not to sue everyone who visited it.

[HolyOrangeCows]

@Fail
Don't be ridiculous. You are trolling.
Lawsuits, especially against individuals, tend to cost more than they make (Do you think Geohot's little payments are going to "make the bulk of their revenue"? What are you, nuts?).

@ElementXbox
"Talk about total disregard to freedom"
So is it a "total disregard to freedom" if the prosecutor of a bank robbery case is allowed to look at security tapes? Just because you were standing in the bank when it happened? It's not like you were doing anything.......right?

"I've read that Sony found a loophole to get around the LG injunction.. back to normal it seems for Sony in Europe"
A lot of retailers ordered right before the temp. ban. Many retailers have 1-2 weeks worth of PS3s. By the time the IMPORT BAN (which is what it is...not a ban on the SALE of ps3s in EU), many retailers will be back at their cycle and order a new round of PS3s.

[barb_wire]

I've read that Sony found a loophole to get around the LG injunction.. back to normal it seems for Sony in Europe.

Microsoft does the same too - expect another ban hammer wave just before 'Gears of War 3' ships - this way MS can claim they had a bonanza month in September

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

That was the best you could come up with? Change your username to FailEverTroll.

[lilbrat23]

At the rate you are going buddy I suggest you get your information straight and stop trolling this site.

[lee_ten]

...i lol'd.

stay free trollhero, stay free.

[FailOverHero]

Lol lol lol. Sony planning to sue everybody that visited his site? They must have ALOT of money to waste. I'll make it easy for you SONY, I visited his site...frequently! What now?

[Grooski]

They are doing it to primarily prove which US states jurisdiction George Hotz can be tried under.

They are also after anyone who downloaded the jailbreak.zip file and re-hosted it.

[FantasyStar]

I don't get how having a bunch of CA IPs constitutes jurisdiction, IANAL....

All I know is that this is the most exciting piece of news since Activision and Infinity Ward's drama-llama.

[MrBeatdown]

See kids!? These are the things you can learn by reading the article.

[BK-201]

They are going to use the information to prevent distribution, not to sue everyone who visits the site dumbass.

[baodeus]

but can u prevent someone from distribution his own works?

[blahblah]

so far, i wasn't interested to visit his site. well, now, i had... just so sony can log my ip. i would love to see their threats, when i actually have 3xps3 (not jailbroken) and 121 legitimate games.

and i wont be returning customer either. if sony so wants to control minds of ps3 users, they can have it. i'm fed up with their crappy service.

it only does everything... my ass
- games (it really has best lineup ever, i have to agree on that one and as gamer i really have hard time boycotting them on everything else)
- music (lol, worst music software ever)
- videos (and supports 2 codecs only, welcome to play anything, beside the fact that player sucks)
- blu ray (won't comment as i wont buy 1 single movie until they start supporting other codecs, but as friends say it works as it should)
- internet (if one has 1 hour for crappy browser to actually open single page and then goes trough complete lobotomy to read it)
- uPnP support (my god, they couldn't even support the uPnP standard correctly)
- online gaming (P2P games not on PSN are ok, PSN ones suck unless they have region limitations, and to my misfortune socom 4 is PSN)
- computer (not anymore)
- internet chat and messaging (it is a joke, i hope)
- eth/wifi, wtf do you even need it when PSN sucks, browser sucks, uPnP is the crappiest implementation ever and doesn't support any other standard net protocol

i even went so far to limit joining on PSN by choice only.

[awesomeperson]

*Facepalm*

They wouldn't threaten you for visiting his website, god read the article.
Oh and I don't thgink sony cares if your not a returning customer, they are not "controlling" our minds and I don't even see how that is related to anything -.-

[MysticStrummer]

Controlling minds??? xD Wow this is without a doubt the best N4G comment thread I've seen in quite awhile. The paranoia, the high level legal talk... simply stunning. Thanks again, N4G !!!

[maverick40]

@ BlahBlah Do ye guys fucking read the article?Are ye educated in the slightest? The retardation from some people on this sight is nauseating.
As for your childish rant.....no one cares. Put your manpon back in, you are flowing.

[Apolloeye]

You obviously don't own a PS3, it support the following codecs:

- MPEG-4 SP (AAC LC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile （AAC LC）
- MPEG-2 TS（H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, AAC LC）
MP4 file format
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (AAC LC)
MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2)
MPEG-2 PS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, AC3(Dolby Digital), LPCM)
MPEG-2 TS（MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AC3（Dolby Digital）, AAC LC）
MPEG-2 TS（H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, AAC LC）
AVI
- Motion JPEG (Linear PCM)
- Motion JPEG (μ-Law)
AVCHD （.m2ts / .mts）
DivX
WMV
- VC-1（WMA Standard V2）

Plus BBC iPlayer, LoveFilm, ITV Player, 4OD and Five on Demand

So Vidzone and Qriocity don't forfill you enough and neither do
the other online apps like Last.fm ??

P2P? I think you got mixed up between an Xbox there...

[ziggurcat]

"Lol lol lol. Sony planning to sue everybody that visited his site?"

no, you fucking fool. they're looking to see who's downloaded the circumvention tools and prove jurisdiction. they're not going to sue anyone who visited his website.

[Raendom]

Would LOOOOVE for all those idiots who donated to him get fined.

[FailOverHero]

The Law: you have no idea how it works
@below. Well at least I know my rights and one of them is the right to spend my money as I please as long as it does not break any laws. Funding somebody's legal fees(even if he broke the law) =/= breaking any laws
Another right that I know very well is my freedom of speech right, ie my bubbles. I can use them as I see fit(until a mod decides I'm abusing them, which I probably am but hey, its a friday, live a lil)

[gunnerforlife]

and you just talk alot of rubbish!
your a real troll aint you??

[SonyPS360]

The 7 people who disagreed with FailOverHero are quite clueless.

[RioKing]

^Agreed 100000%, you can't be touched for donating...aaand looking at his site. If you downloaded from him, maybe...if you just checked his site out, you're fine. At the worst, they'll just put your IP's on a hotlist or something but that's doubtful.

Source: Criminal Justice Major a.k.a f**k all you eleventeen year olds who think you know better.

[MRMagoo123]

You ever thought maybe ppl didnt agree with him is because hes a retarded troll that never says anything usefull Failovertroll is a waste of space on this site even if he is right in what he says its the principle of the matter that makes ppl disagree with him

[lilbrat23]

@FailOverHero

You know nothing about the law as we can all see. Freedom of Speech in a website?LMAO you are a moron go back to school to better educate yourself about the law. LOL

[FantasyStar]

I guess I'm getting fined as well as getting sued. Damn, this day sucks for me.

Ehh...not really. :) -Taking a gaming break from KZ:L right now.

[Raendom]

Sorry, I should clarify as a lot of people seem to have read something I didn't write:

I -- as in me, would LOVE for every single person who donated to be fined.

I at no point said Sony would. I at no point said Sony COULD.

[blahblah]

fined? lol, you really are total idiot aren't you? how could donation be fined?

[INehalemEXI]

Glad I did'nt donate lol

[outwar6010]

sony in my opinion are absolutely INSANE

[outwar6010]

anyone who disagrees is blatantly a mindless twit

[ReBurn]

I went to his website. Am I a criminal now?

[xtremexx]

why, yah wanna be?

[MRMagoo123]

maybe learn to read and you would know what this was about there not out to get everyone that went on the site at all there after ppl that have dl the jailbreak and distributed it even if they wanted too they couldnt sue everyone that went onto the site for no reason if you went on it and didnt do anything illegal your fine moles mountains and all that ppl

[saladthieves]

Wait...what??? Really? Oh shit, this is going to get ugly...better worse, I feel sorry for the fools who are still discussing Geo's work on his site and actually putting it into practical work.

It's a long battle and from the turn of things, it is getting uglier!

[karl]

we havent heard from geohot in a while now..

i wonder if he finally got it... how screw he is that is...

[Xfanboy]

crap!! I don't even have a ps3 yet so I should be good..

sony will sue me & look at my cookies!! mmm cookies!

[blahblah]

[sarcasm]

off course, they will. the only reason you couldn't jailbreak ps3 is the reason you haven't bought it, and if you would this would also mean loss of game sales. sony is suing for money loss, so you not buying really generated that

p.s. i don't agree with sony on this one, so this sarcasm flew on them not on you;)

[kazman]

what a joke.

[ChristianGamer]

I find it sad just how little most people here know about the law and civil rights. Sony cannot do anything to you for donating money to geohots for his legal fees. I can feel myself slowly losing brain cells after having had to explain that :(
Why are people so naive and gullible? Know your rights people, come on! Still, I love you all, really, I do. Except Stealth20k, I'm trying very hard to love him...it is difficult

[BK-201]

People seem to misunderstand everything, Sony isn't suing people who use the site, they are gathering info to prevent distribution and more hacks.

[RioKing]

Yes and the kids on here just rush to conclusions as always! Glad you two at least have a brain...

[MRMagoo123]

no really how can you be a christian and have a brain i dont want to start a religious arguement but you have to be backwards to think there is a god i mean come on think about it for even 2 seconds and you would know its not true, if ppl where saying they believed in zeus and hades and they got a message from the ancient gods ppl would make you go to some loony bin i find it really hard to understand ppl can still believe in this crap, yet i can bet they wouldnt believe in the flying spaghetti monster religion and say its fake yet there is just as much evidence.

[XabiTheHumble]

@MRMagoo123 While I agree Christiangamer is pretty stupid, it is perfectly logic for there to be a God. Matter of fact, I'm just going to skip the formalities and just say God is real. And the fact that you are yet another atheist comparing a God that (contrary to popular belief) is backed by science to Zeus just proves to me you have little understanding of the topic. Stick to what you know bud.

[alphabetsoup]

Perfectly logical for there to be a god???
What are you smoking?

Any god who creates a world where a being must kill eat stuff to live and then says thou shalt not kill is stupid and/or insane.

DT 6:5, MT 22:37, MK 12:30, LK 10:27 Love God.
DT 6:13, PS 33:8, 34:9, 111:10, 115:13, 128:1, 147:11, PR 8:13, 16:6, 19:23, 22:4, IS 8:13, LK 12:5, 1PE 2:17 Fear God.
1JN 4:18 There is no fear in love.

PR 30:5 Every word of God proves true.
1KI 22:23, 2CH 18:22, JE 4:10, JE 20:7, EZ 14:9 God deceives some of the prophets.

JOB 38:13 "That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?" Wouldn't god know the Earth is a sphere?

Stupid laws
Don't wear clothes made of more than one fabric (Leviticus 19:19)
Don't cut your hair nor shave. (Leviticus 19:27)
Any person who curseth his mother or father, must be killed. (Leviticus 20:9) Have you ever done that?
If a man cheats on his wife, or vise versa, both the man and the woman must die. (Leviticus 20:10).
If a man sleeps with his father's wife... both him and his father's wife is to be put to death. (Leviticus 20:11)
If a man sleeps with his wife and her mother they are all to be burnt to death. (Leviticus 20:14)
If a man or woman has sex with an animal, both human and animal must be killed. (Leviticus 20:15-16). I guess you should kill the animal since they were willing participants. Are they crazy?
If a man has sex with a woman on her period, they are both to be "cut off from their people" (Leviticus 20:18)
Psychics, wizards, and so on are to be stoned to death. (Leviticus 20:27)
If a priest's daughter is a whore, she is to be burnt at the stake. (Leviticus 21:9)
People who have flat noses, or is blind or lame, cannot go to an altar of God (Leviticus 21:17-18)
Anyone who curses or blasphemes God, should be stoned to death by the community. (Leviticus 24:14-16)
Anyone who dreams or prophesizes anything that is against God, or anyone who tries to turn you from God, is to be put to death. (Deuteronomy 13:5)
If anyone, even your own family suggests worshipping another God, kill them. (Deuteronomy 13:6-10)
If you find out a city worships a different god, destroy the city and kill all of it's inhabitants... even the animals. (Deuteronomy 13:12-15)
Kill anyone with a different religion. (Deuteronomy 17:2-7)
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 requires stoning to death any child who is stubborn or rebellious.
Proverbs 22:15 says you should beat your foolish children with a rod.

Hosea chapter 9 is chock full of God inducing miscarriages and other abortion like activities.

Have a nice day worshiping a false god.

[XabiTheHumble]

"DT 6:5, MT 22:37, MK 12:30, LK 10:27 Love God.
DT 6:13, PS 33:8, 34:9, 111:10, 115:13, 128:1, 147:11, PR 8:13, 16:6, 19:23, 22:4, IS 8:13, LK 12:5, 1PE 2:17 Fear God.
1JN 4:18 There is no fear in love."
"PR 30:5 Every word of God proves true.
1KI 22:23, 2CH 18:22, JE 4:10, JE 20:7, EZ 14:9 God deceives some of the prophets."
Keep the verses in context please.
"JOB 38:13 "That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?" Wouldn't god know the Earth is a sphere?" The word metaphor to hard to understand?
"Stupid laws"
Thanks for your opinion.
Easy response I had to make all day.

[RioKing]

^LOL easy, I'm an athiest!! Hahahaha!

[ninetailfox]

I don't agree with piracy...but this is insane. So if I left a comment on his rapping video I can get fined? WTF?

[SoapShoes]

No... They aren't planning on fining everyone.

[Forbidden_Darkness]

Do you actually believe what you wrote? There is no possible way they would sue you for that, nor could they sue you for that. Come on, think about it for a second before commenting.

[SonyPS360]

So I lose my privacy just for looking at something?

Too bad I'm in another country where you can't break the law and violate someone's privacy like that.

[MRMagoo123]

yes you can lose privacy for just looking at something if its illegal ,the same way is if you go to a child rape site you can be found and taken to jail put a long story short dont do illegal things and you will be fine

[JD_Shadow]

So...hacking is as serious as child molesting and rape? Are you SERIOUSLY saying they're similar crimes?

And while those kinds of sites (with discussing molestation and rape) would disgust me, and while I think they shouldn't have any place in cyberspace, they are still protected under the first amendment. As long as you're not committing acts of molestation/rape, then the government cannot do anything to you. The web hosting service can (and should) be responsible for taking it down, but the government cannot tell you to take it down. Of course, there are always exceptions, but it's very rarely that you will ever see that happen (maybe if that molestation site also had someone saying how they are going to commit a terrorist attack on the US or some shit like that...THEN they probably WILL do something about THAT).

And no, they can't arrest you for simply looking at things because there's a lot of parameters that you have to consider about who you're investigating. Did they click on the link by accident, or did they get tricked into clicking the link thinking it was for something else? What about people doing research for a psych class into what goes through the mind of someone like that?

Like this! Only here, the hacking "crime" is not as serious as that, there's a question of whether hacking itself is a crime, and there are legit arguments as to why PS3 jailbreaking should be legal that doesn't involve pirating and cheating.

With child rape, that's CLEARLY illegal! With PS3 jailbreaking, it's cloudy as to whether it is and/or should be legal!

You can't just look at the IPs of anyone visiting any site and just assume that anyone that visits the sites in question are doing anything that would be considered illegal.

[MysticStrummer]

Yes... and no you aren't, at least not if you're in the US.

[SkyGamer]

That is so illegal. I cant believe that they are granting this bs. If it was MS I would be calling the same bs. Right is right and wrong is wrong. Bad sony. Get over it, you will never win against the pirates. No one has. Make a better secure system.

[palaeomerus]

Sony found a nutty judge in the wrong state who doesn't understand how files on the internet work. Whatever happens now it will be ripe as hell for appeal. It's a real cluster$#@#.

[littlebigmarcpsps3]

oh boy
good luck SONY.

[ElementX]

Talk about total disregard to freedom. Every day people are losing more and more freedoms, sure it's just a little here and a little there but over time it will build up until nobody can do anything anymore and we'll end up like some communist country where everything is punishable. I believe people have a right to go to any website they want to, without fear of repercussions, so long as they do it at home and on their own computer (i.e. not while on the job). This is an extremely slippery slope.

[SoapShoes]

You think people should be allowed to go to any website even if the website has illegal things on it? That makes sense...

[Cheetos]

So, if you go to a website that has a video of a bank robbery then it's illegal to go the website because people might learn how to rob a bank from it? Makes sense

[Non_sequitur]

Then how will the gov deal with pedophiles who exploit children online?

[Sitris]

It is the same as going to a how to make a bomb type site, or going to a child pornography site. The content is illegal, and therefor the courts have a link to you about an illegal act, they cant out right get you in trouble over viewing the site, but it can be used against you to allow authorities to look deeper into your life.

It seems that Sony wants to find the IPs of the people that have downloaded the zip fil from his site, and then in turn learn who is distributing it, as well as be able to ban more hacked ps3s by finding the ip address.

[ElementX]

Information on building bombs isn't illegal. Child porn is a completely different story, child porn sites don't exist because they are shut down. You're thinking of newsgroups or P2P networks, those aren't websites.

[MRMagoo123]

The only reason things happen like this is because ppl do things illegally if they didnt there would be no need for it, the same as cctv ppl dont want it because" its an invasion of privacy" but the thing is if your not doing anything wrong to begin with you have nothing to hide or worry about in the first place

[TABSF]

WOW

You seen it now, NWO at work, what gives them the right to people's free will.

Complete jokers.

[kevnb]

hold on now, the judge did what?

[Lamarthedancer]

Sony really isn't taking any shit in this whole thing are they.

Should I think that Sony are crazy or Sony are right by putting their foot down on this.

[SonyPS360]

Stop riding their jock and admit they're being corporate pigs. They have no right to violate people's privacy just for visiting a website. "Putting their foot down" or "not taking shit" doesn't even come into it.

They wanna see the I.P's of people who downloaded it? Go right ahead (that's still technically illegal), but they get to see who just visited his twitter and website?

Why? That's insane, even if you ignore the fact that a simple miss-click would log you as a visitor. You can't turn over someone's I.P just for looking at a website.

[Grooski]

Really??? A magistrate has given them the right to do just that and you think it's illegal? First its armchair fanboys, now it's armchair lawyers...

[Lamarthedancer]

@Sony360

.....

Shut up :)

[Cheetos]

There is no need to freak out over this, Sony can't and won't sue everyone who visited Geohot's site lol, many people visited out of curiosity and no they can't sue people for donating to Geohot, People can give their money to whomever they want and there is nothing Sony or anyone else can do about it. But I have better things to spend my money on then to give it to somebody I don't even know.

[Megaton]

Hitler would be so proud.

[Lamarthedancer]

The lawyers are probably jewish so I doubt he would be

[FantasyStar]

LOL!

[Apollyn]

As a jew i find that offensive !

[Megaton]

As a person raised in a Jewish family, I don't.

What I find offense is Sony's borderline-fascist behavior.

[Apollyn]

I'm obviously taking the piss. Lol and not quite sure what Sony is hoping to accomplish!

[TheTruth89]

LOOOL

[Les-Grossman]

I wonder if anyone will turn anyone & sue Sony for this. This could get ugly

[SKUD]

Sh!ts getting REAL for that guy.

[elEden]

Sony. I cant believe it. Sony.

[Burning_Finger]

You are doing it wrong..

MAKE.BELIEVE - SONY :)

[zackacloud]

After all they mean it 100%

from just case to stop geohot it go to stop everyone think to try it WOW in real world

[SpaceGhost]

I know I find it awesome and hilarious people that people who cheat and steal companies get all angry and moral when the company tries to prevent people from exploting/stealing from them. If you live your life the way everyone should ie not lying, cheating or stealing this shouldn't bother you. If it does cause you to feel this is destroying your rights and freedoms their are a lot of fucking worse things in the world then a company exacting revenge on pieces of shit hackers like Geohot.

[Shadow Flare]

DING!

correct answer

[SwampCroc]

I never went to any website.. I wouldn't even know where to start... this shit just got real on so many different levels.

he is getting his.. serves him right. haha, served.

[THE TRUTH]

Anyone who thinks Sony is going to "fine" or "sue" you based solely on you visiting that site is borderline retarded. Why would Sony even waste time with you? It's actually amazing to know how many people live life being so damn ignorant.

[blahblah]

nah, i actually expect some kind of PSN retaliation like sending notification messages to ps3 that connects from ip that visited site.

anything else would be pointless. and if i receive one single message, i'm sending them *love* letter

[duplissi]

lol yeah i cant believe some of the responses in this thread.

[Dagobert]

Lol I gotta agree. I just skimmed through some of the comments and it seems like it's being posted by little kids who get afraid if the popo calls mommy and daddy about their kids visiting a site about hacking.

[MarkusMcNugen]

Ha, couldnt have said it better myself!

[gamingisnotacrime]

gray zone

[THC CELL]

Dont blame sony blame the prats that hacked them, and so be it dont fuck with sony and you cant tell me if u owned a system you would not do the same if was hacked

[palaeomerus]

I blame the stupid judge that let this horseshit proceed.

[solsub]

Fuck enough with a multi-billion dollar corporation, and things like this will happen. Money makes all the difference in the world.

BTW, they won't fine or sue anyone who's visited the site. The very notion is utterly retarded.

[Dart89]

Lmfao at all the comments on the page xDDD glad i never downloaded that stuff.

[Bull5hifT]

Went to have a look ... At the site, it was closed down and then went on youtube for a tutorial and they hosted the hack.... It was insanly easy... I dont understand why i havent seen as much hate on the iphone jailbreaking.. Or wii or 360 .... I was sorta hoping for like that gta on the psp where people were making whole new islands and crazy courses... It was alot of fun

[diehardgamer1000]

lmao!!! i see a lot of pple claiming sony will sue u for visiting the site,shut tha fuck up,are u stupid?,why wld they do tht.they r juss gathering info to prevent more hacks n to track down the pirates.shit juss got real for geohot

[NatureOfLogic]

Reported Offensive

[bakaPX]

The judge ALLOWS Sony to find the IP addresses of those who visited Geohotz site to figure out where they would go to court AND figure out who downloaded the PS3 Jailbreak. Yes, it breaks your privacy but the Judge allowed it. Sony is doing what's best for their company. They don't want people to hack their system and download games illegally. I bet you people would really love it if you created a console with great games and in the end, it gets hacked. *sarcasm And Sony isn't suing/fining anyone. YET. Well, other than Geohotz.

[V0LT]

Since when was visiting websites illegal? lol.

[Melon]

since forever i suspect go find yourself a child porn site and see if the police come knocking on your door.

[GodHandDee]

every now and then we hear some good news like this too. Great stuff

Rap song part 2 incoming!

[Bull5hifT]

Just wondering, who disapproves of this but has used limewire,kazaa,napster,Bittorr ent,frostwire,Joilbroken or hacked there psp or got a free coke from a vending machine or grabed a handfull of candy outside on halloween where it says "TAKE ONE" at some point in there life , or realized you got Three bar-be-que sauces for your 20 piece chicken nugget instead of 2

[Sitris]

Never used lime wire, don't even know what kazzaa is or napster or frost wire, never used bittorrent, and I have an iPad, iPod and have never jail broken it either. Also never played a pirated game that I did not already own legally. Never gotten a free coke from a vending machine, not even sure how to lol and where I come from you get 4 sauces for a 20 pack of nuggets so not sure what your on about there. And we don't have any haloween celebrations here.

I buy all my music of iTunes, I see all my movies at theaters (I go nearly once a week, it's not that expensive), have never downloaded a game that I have not already purchased, ie I lost my world of Warcraft 1st disc, so I downloaded the first disc again so I could install it.

[Darkspade]

Wow talk about invasion of Privacy .. I guess when you have the Money you can buy off anyone.. So Much for the Constitution

[Haseo106]

Yes yes! Justice is being SERVED!

[baodeus]

Sony can't do anything with these informations, they can only track the distribution status but that pretty much it. Even with those informations, what the heck they gonna do?

The problem would be that each of those sites has their own information distribution policies, so i'm not sure (but it might be legal to distribute these informations w/out consent under certain circumstances). If it doesn't, people can sue the sites (not Sony) for privacy infringement.

[smashman98]

geohotz is still a sensationalist dick but this is way illegal how could the law allow sony to get the ip addresses If my ps3 gets banned all because i wanted to see both sides of the story...

well dam you sony if that happens i will be buying another ps3 way too many awesome titles this year. lol

no jk anybody who thinks this is gonna result in a ban is a fool. Of course they are going to be allowed to do this
they want to see where all the traffic is coming from but with that being the case i doubt they would even think about issuing bans based on visits to a website

[Ethereal]

Awesome. They are just getting the information to show the court the impact of the release. People just don't get it, this is Sony protecting it's customers, developers, and investors, nothing more. Let's all move on and go play some games. Personally I am just trying to figure out how I am going to pay for them all.

[Killzone3___]

i almost say what you said , they are just taking information to put it against geohot , why people are scared or getting crazy ?..

[NotSoSilentBob]

I went to the website I looked but I never did, that makes me a criminal in sonys eyes I hope they ban me for the PSN as I will file a lawsuit over freedom of speech. Yes I know they aren't doing anything but in their terms of Agreement they say nothing about what I do outside the PSN.

[BlueEye]

Oh boy, a good number of people are screeeeeeewed. Good thing I never checked the website.

[LoneWanderer09]

Holy Cow this is a big step don't be scare if you get a Letter from sony or an E-Mail Hahaha

[JasonX43]

I find it so funny that when a corporation seeks to protect their investment, they're suddenly evil and violating people's rights! If a person walked up to you, punched you in the face, and took your wallet, would you just shrug your shoulders and be okay with it?

[Zinc]

Yes... the witch hunt. This can't turn out bad... right?

[Killzone3___]

just like what i said befor , i agree with the hackers , hack your own ps3 , pirate games but don't hack the games and other ps3's because that will effict other people and hacking a game is not fun... i'll say this to the hackers that effict other people : do you accept someone hack your own ps3 and steal money or something like that ?.. i don't think you will accept because you pirate games because it's expensive so you don't want anyone to steal your money , and just imagin a match full with hackers , what you hackers gonna do ?!! put GOD mode and all just shoot each other but no one die , what's fun with that ?!..

[Bull5hifT]

I want sony to track down the Mystery Disagree'rs on this Site. I would like to be able to track down my other launch ps3 that sony replaced with one that didnt have PS2 playback, a memory card Bay and 4 usb's, and Real beautiful chrome styled lines and the sence of Being There at Launch

[firetaw]

hey i got one of those :) if you have proof of purchase they are supposed to replace your ps3 with the same model number. no buts or hows.

[firetaw]

seing the interview he did with some news station. i bet you anything its geohots ego thats pissing off the juge, vergo the juge is taking sonys side and allowing them, by legal means, the right to investigate geohots asset to take him down.
to bad not so hots.

[thisguywithhair]

For everyone too stupid and reactionary to think things through and to find exactly what, why and how Sony is going to use this information I am going to outline it in as simple terms as possible.

Sony is attempting to prove that Geohots jailbreak will lead to piracey. Sony has already banned a few consoles for running CF. They are goin to use the IP addresses that they find on Geohots site to match them with anyone going against their terms of service. If they find any matches then they can officially link Geohot to piracy.

For all of you lame brains saying this is just the next step toasted "1984", I say this: get your head out of your asses. Sony cannot use this information for anything other than what the brief issued by the judge allows them to do. Most likely they Cannot even save this info beyond the court case itself. Sony is just a company and corporation just like any other. Not the government trying to gain more and more power through fear.

[Optical_Matrix]

The judge is high. I hope to god Sony are sensible enough to just leave the info. They cant do jack with it anyway?

[Orionsangel]

Hopefully Geohot's supporters will go down in flames with him.

[MrBeatdown]

I see reading comprehension is at an all-time low on N4G.

Sony knows that people checked out his site, much in the same way a driver stares out the window at a car wreck. They aren't going to sue anybody.

As for you guys who downloaded anything from him... good luck with that.

[CaptainPunch]

I don't even own a PS3, though luck Sony.

[Serinous]

i feel bad for the people who actually donated money to him. LOL

[Fireseed]

I dont really see what this does for them. I mean if they were to try and bring a lawsuit up on any single person on that list, simply on grounds cause they were on the list, $ony would instantly lose that court case.

[MrBeatdown]

"Sony told Spero, a San Francisco magistrate, that it needed the information for at least two reasons.

One is to prove the “defendant’s distribution” of the hack. The other involves a jurisdictional argument over whether Sony must sue Hotz in his home state of New Jersey rather than in San Francisco, which Sony would prefer. Sony said the server logs would demonstrate that many of those who downloaded Hotz’s hack reside in Northern California — thus making San Francisco a proper venue for the case."

i can haz reading comprehension!!!

[nix]

i once ended up in a site selling code keys n my ps3 switched off completely. that was weird. but am glad things are running good for sony.

[DelbertGrady]

Nice. Sony are fulfilling George Orwells prophecies. F*ck integrity :)

[yugioh100]

"Judge Allows Sony to Unmask Anybody Who Visited GeoHot Site"

so what if people just change their ip or have ip block? Sony sure is clueless when it comes to the internet, because if just one person downloads a file it could be available anywhere on the net lol.

[Masterchef2007]

Yey and include their name in the wall of shame

[kasasensei]

Dear sony, what you're doing is pretty.... pathetic...
What's the point between geohot hacks and people who were visiting youtube? How can companies like youtube disrespect privacy as much?
It's pretty obvious you have nothing against the little guy, so you're trying hard to find anything merely related to his old activities... It's almost funny. If you weren't walking on our rights, privacy and freedom of speech, at the first glance...
Damn, i'm not hacking my old ps3 or my old psp, but i think you're going a step too far this time.

[nikola987]

FUCK SONY! :P

[Sarobi]

7 of them to be precise

[jneul]

Oh dear some of the retards on here are having quite the day, Sony will not due you.for visiting the site, however if you redistributed it your luck may be out

[DJMarty]

The noose is tightening on geohot

[ZeroChaos]

Sony's climbin' in your windows.
Snatchin your people up.
Tryna sue em so y'all need to
Hide your hacks, hide your name
Hide your hacks, hide your name
Hide your hacks, hide your name
And hide yourself
Cuz they're suing errbody out her

[creepjack]

Umm, Sony better quit while they are ahead. They are now infringing on privacy rights, and I smell lawsuits coming if Sony does anything with those identities. I never went there, but there is no law saying you cant either. Sony is beginning to self destruct again, just like always.

[oguzsasi]

I read articles and yes i saw that site too one of the articles in here that has a link to it. Because it was the source site of the news.

My psn is: OGUZ_TURKEY_1982 Sony.
You gonna ban me too because i looked an articles source witch is interesting?

[ProGrasTiNation]

Im pretty sure it aint illegel to visit a website that has nothing but free speech on it.
Sony is a japanese company with litttle uses for free speech so they think they can do what ever they want to anybody.
Ill keep visiting georges site & even give him money to fight sony,all you haters are just sheep with no thoughts of your own,i feel sorry for you & your brainwashed heads!

[steve30x]

It makes me laugh how so many people think that everybody that have their PS3 jailbroken done it for Piracy. I done it so I could install the full content of my GT5 game onto my HardDrive which makes the game run smoother and everything loads faster. I never had a pirated game on my PS3 and never intended to pirate any PS3 games.

If sony does hunt me down theres not much they can do because I dont have a PS3 with over two weeks because my PS3 died on me two weeks ago and it was giving up with about three months anyway. I dont even have the PS3 in my posession any more either and I didnt dump it.

[thekiddfran]

why did it die on you I wonder? I have the 80gb model and my one is working perfectly. I will never mod my ps3 because it's childish to do so.

[steve30x]

Actually for your information when my PS3 died it was not jailbroken. I had the official 3.56 firmware on my PS3 when it died. Also I would like to know why you think jailbreaking the ps3 is childish?

[elEden]

what if you just clicked on the link out of curiosity?

20 YEARS IN PRISON DUN DUN DUUUUNNNNNN!!!!

[thekiddfran]

I don't have a clue about law i'm just an astrophysicist. But what i do know is....geohot is soon to be in jail.

[Xander756]

Oh no they got me! I only went there to gather information for my anti-Geohot article I published recently though so I think I'm okay. :)

[turgore]

I wonder how much SOny paid the judge.

[cr33ping_death]

you keep wondering that :-)

[MeNoRasta]

I been on that site on my ps3 browser before but my ps3 aint modded so if i get banned i sue Sony plus their family tree untill im unbanned.

[cr33ping_death]

wow Sony is setting up the checkmate.

[blakstarz]

Personally...I don't blame Sony one bit, here you have a person tempering with something a company created and patented and you are exploiting it, that's like someone taking something you created or and idea and exposing it and also benefiting from it.
If you are going to mod a companies product, don't be stupid and put it out there for the world to see, did he not think Sony wasn't going to react, he brought this shit on himself and his supports are just as dumb as he is.
You are tempering with a corporate franchised product and regardless of what you think, the shit is wrong,just like people bitch about pirates, same sort of thing.
I'm not knocking the kid's genius, but if he was smart, he should of just modded his own machine and kept it to himself.

[NaiNaiNai]

Say hello to the Automotive Aftermarket for me.

God your all just Commercial Tools aren't you. Learn to think for your self. Modifying a code for some one else to use...

Tell me why don't gun companies get sued when someone commits suicide, or murders someone.

you know why, because of idiots like you who have double standards.

[AnonUser5555]

Anyone who thinks Sony can do ANYTHING to people who they can only prove viewed the site is an idiot. That would be an epic lawsuit on their hands

[esemce]

You all disgust me with this, maybe your ancestors were SS or Klansmen? This kid is NOT A SOFTWARE THEIF!

[sak500]

I downloaded all the files but i dont own a ps3 and never will buy any sony product for their pathetic follow up to this issue. Plus the krap Sony 50" wega i bought in 2005 conked out in 2009 and had to throw it out in the garbage. Not a single sony item will even enter my house hold.

[NaiNaiNai]

Oh this is just f-in great..

now that a judge has passed this, whats to stop them from passing a law to allow companies to view what ever you view. Whats to stop the company you work for from now viewing anything you view at home. simply by making a request stating they are worried there employees might be doing something illegal.

T_T you are all stupid mindless puppets.

[josh14399]

Should i assume all these people complaining about the ps3 jailbreak haven't pirated movies, music, tv shows and jailbroke an iphone.

[Pedantic91]

Internet tough guys.

[SuMtOnE]

I been on the site to see whats goin on... but never downloaded anything.. will i still get in trouble?

[Kran]

Haha. So glad I never even visited the site. Those who did are gonna be bonered.

But I must admit, there were probs people who went on it by accident.

Although I suppose Sony will just go after those who went on it often.

[AnonUser5555]

You're not very intelligent if you think Sony will get away with banning people who only VIEWED the website.

[Kran]

You're not very intelligent if you think GeoHotz is going to WIN against Sony.

[AnonUser5555]

I don't think geohotz is going to win, moron. Did I ever say that? No, I hope they get him good.

I'm making fun of you for thinking Sony can just ban any person who viewed the website without any reason to believe they downloaded the files or installed them to their PS3.

Work on those reading comprehension skills.

[ziggurcat]

for the love of god, people...

simply visiting the website will *not* result in anything. now quit pissing your pants over clicking on a website link and learn to read.

[Electroshocked]

Great, I hope they throw away the key.

[SephireX]

They can't unmask proxy ips. This is ridiculous though. Just because you visit his site, doesn't mean you did anything wrong. This wouldn't be allowed in the EU but of course, Americans are not the smartest now are they? Geohot can go down the toilet for all the pirates care; the new anonymous hacking group are already established. They're more than likely waiting for the 3.6 firmware update before creating the next cfw. This is a battle Sony can't win simply because they're are thousands of people downloading ps3 games for free and the 3.56 fw requirement will easily be bypassed.

[arsenal55]

Mwhahahaha. Sleep tight mofuggers

[tunaks1]

man reading these comments,
a lot of dumb asses on this site, how many people read the dam article.