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GeoHot Asks For Donations To Fight Sony
mede writes "In an interesting turn of events, Sony might have stumbled into a tough nut to crack. George Hotz (aka GeoHot) famous for his iPhone hacking achievements, is planning on fighting the big corporation on removing his free speech rights at utilizing his fully paid for hardware. Hotz has always claimed being anti-piracy (since iPhone activities) and says he has never pirated any game or even signed PSN agreements. He's asking for donations to fight Sony back and try to achieve something similar to what was previously accomplished by the EFF with regard to cellphones. I've already donated."
Tunisia Egypt Iran Libya Bahrain are small blips on a radar of history. It will sort out 1 way or another and life will go on. Some people died? Business as usual on planet Earth. Someone will lose power and someone else will raise to power? Business as usual on planet Earth.
Sony case may have bigger long lasting effect than unrest in some peasant countries nobody cares about. It shows the slow erosion of consumer rights which translates to big international corporations = pimps, Joe Nobody = bitch. In 10 years nobody will remember Egypt, but sure many will remember 'in ancient times i used to have certain rights as a customer, you know - first sale doctrine, fair use, right to resell and shit'. That affects lives of *everybody* now and in every generation to come. Governments are changed, citizens born and die, yet corporations are eternal - think twice if it's worth to ignore their power grab.