Judge Lets Sony Access GeoHot's PayPal Account

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 17, 2011 @11:03AM from the sweet-of-him dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from TechDirt that says "Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero has awarded Sony a subpoena that grants the company access to the PayPal account of PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, for the last two years. Emil: Spero ruled that the Japanese console maker may acquire 'documents sufficient to identify the source of funds in California that went into any PayPal account associated with geohot@gmail.com for the period of January 1, 2009, to February 1, 2011.'"

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But it's OK by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-17 11:13 · Score: 0, Troll

Because Sony "donated" to the judges bank account, right?
I am tired of Sony getting their way with pure bribery.
It is expected with American conglomerates, but Sony is Japanese!
Re:This has to stop by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-17 11:59 · Score: 0, Troll

You rent it! Also, you misunderstand. It's not wrong if you tinker with your own property. It's only wrong if you tell others how to tinker with their own property in ways that could be 'abused'!