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Sony Sends DMCA Takedown Notice To GitHub

Posted by timothy on from the oh-you-own-what-we-say-you-own dept.

Plombo writes "Sony's war against PS3 hacking continues. On January 27, Sony Computer Entertainment America sent a DMCA takedown notice to GitHub demanding the removal of 6 repositories under the 'circumvention device' clause of the DMCA. All of the repositories in question were related to jailbreaking or homebrew development for the PS3."

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  1. wow. they are upsetting pretty dangerous crowds by unity100 · · Score: 1, Troll

    arent they. the real hacker underground is intertwined with open source. targeting the places where these crowds regular, is not something wise.

    but morons which are dubbed as lawyers in some countries naturally would have no idea about that. they got too much used to bullying defenseless citizens through law.

    i wonder what will they do to sony's online assets.

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  2. It won't change a damn thing. by westlake · · Score: 0, Troll

    I suggest that each of their offices should receive a good few calls Monday, letting them know what we think about free speech and about restraining it.

    With the emphasis on few.

    Some stats from the Wikipedia for the PS3:

    41 million units sold
    69 million PSN accounts
    17 million PlayStation Home accounts

    The geek can rage on as long as he likes. But these are the numbers which matter to Sony.