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Sony Lawyers Expand Dragnet, Targeting Anybody Posting PS3 Hack

Posted by Soulskill on from the scorched-earth dept.

markass530 writes with this excerpt from Wired: "Sony is threatening to sue anybody posting or 'distributing' the first full-fledged jailbreak code for the 4-year-old PlayStation 3 gaming console. What's more, the company is demanding that a federal judge order Google to surrender the IP addresses and other identifying information (PDF) of those who have viewed or commented about the jailbreak video on a private YouTube page. The game maker is also demanding that Twitter provide the identities of a host of hackers who first unveiled a limited version of the hack in December."

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  1. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, If we are making outlandish requests... I demand that a federal judge order Sony to turn over a detailed list of all financial transactions for the company and its 150,000+ staff. I just want to make sure that they are not doing anything illegal with their property (their money).

    Fair's fair.

  2. Re:Might as well get in on the action by Issarlk · · Score: 4, Funny

    You b*stard! Now I'm going to get sued!

  3. Am I doing this right? by abigsmurf · · Score: 5, Funny

    erk: I left my phone at home
    riv: Thames
    pub: The Royal Oak
    R: Me 'arties
    n: o spells no
    K: mart
    Da: da daa da da da daaaa da daa daa daaaaaa

    1. Re:Am I doing this right? by Vernes · · Score: 3, Funny

      erk: Darmok on the ocean
      riv: Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      pub: The beast at Tanagra
      r: Kadir beneath Mo Moteh
      n: Kiteo, his eyes closed
      k: Temba, his arms wide open
      da: Temba, at rest

  4. Re:Might as well get in on the action by clang_jangle · · Score: 4, Funny

    erk: C0 CE FE 84 C2 27 F7 5B D0 7A 7E B8 46 50 9F 93 B2 38 E7 70 DA CB 9F F4 A3 88 F8 12 48 2B E2 1B
    riv: 47 EE 74 54 E4 77 4C C9 B8 96 0C 7B 59 F4 C1 4D
    pub: C2 D4 AA F3 19 35 50 19 AF 99 D4 4E 2B 58 CA 29 25 2C 89 12 3D 11 D6 21 8F 40 B1 38 CA B2 9B 71 01 F3 AE B7 2A 97 50 19
    R: 80 6E 07 8F A1 52 97 90 CE 1A AE 02 BA DD 6F AA A6 AF 74 17
    n: E1 3A 7E BC 3A CC EB 1C B5 6C C8 60 FC AB DB 6A 04 8C 55 E1
    K: BA 90 55 91 68 61 B9 77 ED CB ED 92 00 50 92 F6 6C 7A 3D 8D
    Da: C5 B2 BF A1 A4 13 DD 16 F2 6D 31 C0 F2 ED 47 20 DC FB 06 70

    Oh see how irresponsible you are, now it'll be easier than ever to find it with google!

    --
    Caveat Utilitor
  5. In breaking news by Geminii · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sony is also demanding "A bajillion kajillion dollars, all the chocolate in the world, and a pony."

  6. Re:Might as well get in on the action by Howard+Beale · · Score: 5, Funny

    And Bing will have it in a week thanks to my toolbar!

  7. One guy keeps turning up in the logs by fnj · · Score: 4, Funny

    And what is it about asking for the IP address of those who VIEWED it?

    "Gee, this Tor guy is really active!"