Why Sony Cannot Stop PS3 Pirates

Sam writes "A former Ubisoft exec believes that Sony will not be able to combat piracy on the PlayStation 3, which was recently hacked. Martin Walfisz, former CEO of Ubisoft subsidiary Ubisoft Massive, was a key player in developing Ubisoft's new DRM technologies. Since playing pirated games doesn't require a modchip, his argument is that Sony won't be able to easily detect hacked consoles. Sony's only possible solution is to revise the PS3 hardware itself, which would be a very costly process. Changing the hardware could possibly work for new console sales, though there would be the problem of backwards compatibility with the already-released games. Furthermore, current users would still be able to run pirated copies on current hardware." An anonymous reader adds commentary from PS3 hacker Mathieu Hervais about Sony's legal posturing.

Comments

Enough with one dimensional views of Evil

[manekineko2]

Goldman Sachs, Monsanto, BP, and many others thank you for your strict limitation on what "real" evil is.

After all, they're just companies trying to protect their profits.

Re:Evil commenting on evil

[hjf]

The noble response here would be to take your business elsewhere.

Yeah? Where? All console makers charge the same price. I should just NOT play games? Should I resort to a Balero (Cup-and-ball) only because that's the "noble" thing to do?

Perhaps that's considered too passive or cowardly where you are from. Maybe your culture expects a more active response.

You, as an american, don't have the moral authority to say that. America is all about suing your way through life. You don't like something? Sue away!