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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. This has been done before, and it failed. by mnslinky · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did something like this go down when the HD-DVD key was found? Didn't it just cause MORE publicity, or something that's now know as the Streisand Effect? Good luck with that Sony, really.

  2. Cutting into Sales by Fnord666 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sony claims the hacks will eat into game sales for the 41 million PS3 units sold.

    Dear Sony,
    You know what will really cut into sales? Being total douchebags towards your customers. That's what is really going to cut into sales.
    thxkbye

    --
    'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables
  3. Re:Remember the css_descramble.c Shirt by GameboyRMH · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Make the shirt show some cleavage, then:

    On the front: "Sony wants to cover this up" or "Sony doesn't want you to see this"

    On the back: PS3 root keys, blu-ray keys, etc

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel