Time..people just don't have the time. Computers have gotten faster over the years, but burning or ripping blue-rays on just any old computer is a pain. As for buying movies, as mentioned multiple times if its not bootleg, people could careless about the quality. Things have to to get cheaper and faster, if Blue-ray wants to sell.
So they take a law suite against an 18 year old kid and win, they must really feel right up there. It's almost like taking candy from a baby for them, except they take the ps3's and his computers, which is totally absurd. As for making an example out of a kid to stop hackers, or so Sony thinks, there will always be someone out there that can crack their code and modify it to do whatever the moder pleases. Realistically speaking, Sony is fighting a loosing battle, there in the wrong business if they really think they can stop hackers.
Its a vicious cycle, we know Sony makes good games, but consumers want them for free. If I was head of Sony I wouldn't stand for it as well, however I'm not an complete moron, I may loose sales but really if Sony would stop making such a big deal about one kid, I'm sure not much people would have been aware that Sony software could be modified and hacked, but with all publicity with GeoHotz, I can guarantee that more people are interested in PS3 modifications now, them before they started this whole law suite thing. Sony is digging their own grave, yes stealing is wrong, yes they may loose sales in their products, but don't involved the consumers, saying that we need to be protected! protected from what I wonder, more like censor from the fact that their products are vulnerable to mods, and like i said before with this law suite there doing the exact opposite of what their trying to do. I can only think that with the GeoHotz hacks they got from his computer that they will patch whatever they can to prevent hacking but seriously Sony making yourself scarce and just accepting the fact that people will hack your product will be much better then parading that your products have holes in them, It will only attract unwanted attention.
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Time..people just don't have the time. Computers have gotten faster over the years, but burning or ripping blue-rays on just any old computer is a pain. As for buying movies, as mentioned multiple times if its not bootleg, people could careless about the quality. Things have to to get cheaper and faster, if Blue-ray wants to sell.
Google ads, killed youtube, now facebook, next the world :/
So they take a law suite against an 18 year old kid and win, they must really feel right up there. It's almost like taking candy from a baby for them, except they take the ps3's and his computers, which is totally absurd. As for making an example out of a kid to stop hackers, or so Sony thinks, there will always be someone out there that can crack their code and modify it to do whatever the moder pleases. Realistically speaking, Sony is fighting a loosing battle, there in the wrong business if they really think they can stop hackers. Its a vicious cycle, we know Sony makes good games, but consumers want them for free. If I was head of Sony I wouldn't stand for it as well, however I'm not an complete moron, I may loose sales but really if Sony would stop making such a big deal about one kid, I'm sure not much people would have been aware that Sony software could be modified and hacked, but with all publicity with GeoHotz, I can guarantee that more people are interested in PS3 modifications now, them before they started this whole law suite thing. Sony is digging their own grave, yes stealing is wrong, yes they may loose sales in their products, but don't involved the consumers, saying that we need to be protected! protected from what I wonder, more like censor from the fact that their products are vulnerable to mods, and like i said before with this law suite there doing the exact opposite of what their trying to do. I can only think that with the GeoHotz hacks they got from his computer that they will patch whatever they can to prevent hacking but seriously Sony making yourself scarce and just accepting the fact that people will hack your product will be much better then parading that your products have holes in them, It will only attract unwanted attention.
You never know, in the next couple of years you might see a Megazord strolling across afganistan