Fellow Hackers Blast Geohot For Sony Settlement

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @03:00AM from the can't-please-everyone dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "The hacker who settled with Sony after the company sued him for modifying his PlayStation 3 console is getting a lot of flak for not taking the fight further. 'Night Breed' [wrote], 'So basically you settled for a job and took people's money, giving them a false hope of settling for their rights? What do you plan to do with the money that was donated to you to provide a cushion for the legal battle? I hope you will be paying all those people back since you obviously didn't live up to your word.'"

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To the EFF by KingAlanI · 2011-04-12 03:04 · Score: 5, Informative

Wasn't it pointed out in the last GeoHot story several times that unused donations would be sent on over to the EFF?

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A possibility by Anonymous Coward · 2011-04-12 03:16 · Score: 5, Informative

Geohot can't talk much about why he settled, but his replies on his blog suggests a plausible reason: he realized he was unlikely to win the case (suggesting that the judge was biased) and chose to settle to avoid setting a legal precedent.