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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 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: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!

  2. Remember the css_descramble.c Shirt by syntap · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I still have mine, sounds like we need someone to post code snippets on the back of a T-Shirt, with "only Sony wants Root" on the front, and the proceeds can go to legal defense.

  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

  4. 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