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'Anonymous' Plans Sony Boycott On April 16

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the suing-your-customers-never-ends-well dept.

Here's an excerpt from PCMag: "Say you're a hacker trying to cripple a major electronics company for suing its own users: how do you launch a cyberattack without harming the people you're trying to protect? In the case of hactivist group 'Anonymous,' which has spent the week targeting Sony to retaliate against Sony's ongoing lawsuits against PlayStation 3 modifiers, you take it offline. Anonymous is staging a 24-hour, in-store boycott at Sony stores around the world on Saturday, April 16. So far over 1,000 people have RSVP'd through Facebook."

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  1. Japan had an Earthquake / Tsunami and now this??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hasn't Japan suffered enough?

    Do they really need an army of basement dwelling losers boycotting one of their biggest companies?

  2. Re:Boycotts are legal by countertrolling · · Score: 0, Troll

    Damn you brainless consumers!! Don't you know that Sony is bad?

    So is Ford Motor Company..

    Two way street? Goose - gander? Knowwhatimean? Knowwhatimean? Nod nod.. wink wink..

    --
    For justice, we must go to Don Corleone
  3. Re:i've been boycotting before anonymous... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure this will be modded down, but as a gamer and PS3 owner, I disagree. I don't have any complaints with Sony other than I wish that they would introduce more features to PSN. My main reason for buying the PS3 was to play games and watch blu-ray films and for this it has been great. IMHO, it's a good piece of gear (quite open for what it is) and has some really good games - and slowly, they have been introducing new features (3D, Move, etc). That's all I'm really looking for in a gaming console - not Linux, homebrew or anything else - and to that degree Sony has delivered. YMMV.

    Personally, I can't wait for Uncharted 3.