Sony Must Show It Has Jurisdiction To Sue PS3 Hacker

RedEaredSlider writes "A California court today asked that Sony show it has jurisdiction over the hacker who publicized a 'jailbreak' for the PlayStation 3 console. Judge Susan Ilston, in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, said Sony has to show that George Hotz, a hacker who posted a method of 'jailbreaking' PS3 consoles, has some connection to California if Sony is to claim damages for his work on the PS3." For his part, Geohot has moved quickly to fight back against Sony's accusations. His legal team issued a statement (PDF), and also pointed out, "On the face of Sony’s Motion, a TRO serves no purpose in the present matter. The code necessary to 'jailbreak' the Sony Playstation computer is on the internet. That cat is not going back in the bag. Indeed, Sony’s own pleadings admit that the code necessary to jailbreak the Sony PlayStation computer is on the internet. Sony speaks of 'closing the door,' but the simple fact is that there is no door to close. The code sought to be restrained will always be a Google search away."

Comments

Muhahah

[mark72005]

Little does Sony know that SCO has now found they infringe on no fewer than 238 of their patents!

Re:Muhahah

[justsomebody]

they have the code

int getRandomNumber()
{
      return (4);
}

is theirs. only Darl is capable to get with this random representation. and courts already have proof in their notes based on alll stupidity he said when he was in court

Re:They know that, but that's not the point

[Paracelcus]

"Ruin him financially" you mean he might have to move out of his dad's garage?

Re:They know that, but that's not the point

[Red Flayer]

DeadDecoy:

There's a difference between doing whatever you want to some inanimate object you own and doing whatever you want with some inanimate object you purchase.

In light of your slashID, I thought it important to mention that a corpse is an inanimate object, and even if you purchase it (legally, like for medical research) you cannot do whatever you want to it OR with it.

Just an FYI, in case you were wondering about the specific implications of edge cases to your generalism. You know. Stuff you'd want to do to/with a corpse. For science or something.

Re:They know that, but that's not the point

[DigiShaman]

Back in the old days, an organization from Japan would send over Ninjas to take care of the problem. I bet Sony misses those days -sigh-