Judge Lets Sony Access GeoHot's PayPal Account

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

[Anonymous Coward]

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:You're kidding me!?

[Computershack]

Geohot had no chance because he openly posted what he had done, took credit for it and distributed it to other people. In pretty much every country in the western world, he has committed an offence and now he has to face the consequences.

Geohot is about to be given a lesson in being a grown up and accountable for ones actions. Personally I'd lead a class suit on that arse on behalf of every honest PS3 owner in the world who has had to waste time downloading updates and had their enjoyment of a console and games they worked hard to pay for utterly ruined by the tool this tool has created.

Re:This has to stop

[Anonymous Coward]

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'!