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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. Might as well get in on the action by HungryHobo · · Score: 5, Informative

    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

    1. Re:Might as well get in on the action by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 3, Informative

      I've used my secret decoder to decipher your message. It says "Hello Streisand Effect, Goody Bye Sony".

    2. Re:Might as well get in on the action by galaad2 · · Score: 5, Informative

      direct download link, always contains url of the latest sony firmware:
      http://fus01.ps3.update.playstation.net/update/ps3/list/us/ps3-updatelist.txt

      currently it points to v3.56
      http://dus01.ps3.update.playstation.net/update/ps3/image/us/2011_0127_6e070c96e0464e993aaf9deac3660863/PS3UPDAT.PUP

      this firmware update can be installed without having to have a PlayStation network account or having to agree with the PS Network ToS & User Agreement

      http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110202220600258

      --
      root@127.0.0.1
  2. Re:Why mistreat your customers? by royallthefourth · · Score: 3, Informative

    Buying used still increases the scarcity of PS3's, allowing Sony to keep the price of a new unit high.

    Not that individuals acting alone have any impact anyway...

  3. Re:Just for viewing? by Nadaka · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not the case any more. a $100 graphics card will get you a Radeon 4850 or Radeon 5750. That is enough to play just about anything at default settings. Bump it up to the $150 to $200 range and you can play anything with higher settings.