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Sony Lawsuits Target PS3 Jailbreak Authors

Posted by Soulskill on from the sounds-more-expensive-than-admitting-they-were-stupid dept.

StikyPad writes "PS3News is reporting that Sony's latest legal salvo is targeting the creators of PS JailBreak, PSFreedom and PSGroove-related PS3 hacks, citing numerous court documents for those interested. From one of the documents: 'Having considered the Motion for Expedited Discovery of Plaintiff Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (oeSCEA) [...] the Court hereby grants SCEA's Motion. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that [...] SCEA has leave to serve similarly targeted subpoenas or deposition notices to any other third party who SCEA learns may be involved in the distribution or sale of the oePS Jailbreak software, known as, for example, "PSGroove," "OpenPSJailbreak," and "PSFreedom," or who may have knowledge of the distribution or sale of this software.'"

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  1. The only real question is... by istartedi · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only real question is, can anybody figure out how to fit the source on a T-shirt? If yes, the case is moot, right?

    Sort of half joking. In all seriousness, is the source small enough to compress, encode in printable form, and put on a shirt along with instructions for use?

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  2. Thanks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    , "PSGroove," "OpenPSJailbreak," and "PSFreedom,"

    Okay Sony-- thanks for letting me know what to google for. Can you save me some search time by suing someone who might have a walkthrough or tutorial?

  3. Re:That summary by Master+Moose · · Score: 3, Funny

    Which makes about as much sense as my previous post.

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  4. I Don't Understand Why... by BlueStrat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't understand why Sony doesn't just send the jailbreak software authors a few select "complimentary" Sony music CDs. They could then simply delete the code at their leisure.

    Strat

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    1. Re:I Don't Understand Why... by Ant+P. · · Score: 5, Funny

      And would want to listen to the contents of Sony music CDs instead of putting them in a blender.

    2. Re:I Don't Understand Why... by BlueStrat · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think this is where one replies;

      "WHOOSH!"

      YMMV

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  5. Re:Sony should have lost this already. by Threni · · Score: 2, Funny

    > The primary purpose of the device (the PSJailbreak) that started this is piracy
    > they still share quite a bit of the piracy code.

    lol! "the piracy code"!

    > Worse, currently, all installable PS3 homebrew is developed with the leaked Sony SDK, which, in and of itself, is also piracy.

    Wow - using an SDK is piracy? Is buying and playing a game using 'piracy code' also?

  6. Re:Sony should have lost this already. by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's not like you can "jail break" your PS3 and hook it up to XBOX live.

    We can't?! Let's sue Sony and Microsoft!

  7. get ready for your subpoena by aethogamous · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...or who may have knowledge of the distribution or sale of this software.'"

    I think by now this includes everyone on slashdot...

  8. Re:Sony should have lost this already. by sixteenbitsamurai · · Score: 2, Funny

    I find it hard to believe those people would get a console in the first place, PC games are a great deal easier to pirate.

    This. If I had mod points, you'd be getting one right now.

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