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Game Over For GeoHot/Sony Case!

April 11, 2011 in News comments 8

NoobFeed.com reports on the breaking news of George 'GeoHot' Hotz finally reaching an end to his trial in the case against Sony. This very sudden conclusion sees both parties glad to bury their differences and move on. Of course, no links were made to recent tribulations circling around this case.

Well...this is ‘sudden’. Just now, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that they aned George ‘GeoHot’ Hotz have come to an arrangement; a settlement even.
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    Play ISDF Apr 11, 11
    It's great that this is over for him one way or the other. I do wonder why Sony tried to resolve this so quickly all of a sudden though. They were coming for blood before and now they've accepted just moving on?

    Either they must have realized that they might not have the best foot to stand on in the court room, or Anon made them rethink about what they were really bringing onto themselves. That's my opinion anyway.

    Too bad gamers everywhere still don't have an answer as to if we really own our consoles or are just having them 'lent' to us.
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      Xander756 Apr 11, 11
      No they didn't just move on. Hotz had to agree to a permanent injunction which prohibits him from ever dissembling, deconstructing, hacking, or whatever any Sony product FOREVER.
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        Bale Fire Apr 11, 11
        Everything in that injunction is pretty much in the PS3 terms and conditions anyway. I think what ISDF here is saying is that Sony could have pushed for a lot more, and indeed a week ago it looked like they would.
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          daavpuke Apr 11, 11
          Does it state in the PS3 manual that you can't disassemble and such? Would strike me as odd. Or any case, that you couldn't do it, even at your own risk. My child-like curiosity opened up and tinkered with a few appliances in my day, I would be a little sad if people would now pass terms that would criminalize this otherwise harmless behavior.
          I think it has more to do with the republishing aspect or at least I hope so.
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          Xander756 Apr 12, 11
          Yes but now if he is ever caught doing it again, it's an automatic $10,000 fine per instance, no lawsuit required.
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    Shattered Apr 12, 11
    This doesn't really fix anything, only delays it. People will still pirate games, people will still modify their consoles. Sony was just butthurt in Geohot vs. Sony imo.
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      daavpuke Apr 12, 11
      True, but I'm pretty sure there was nothing to solve in attacking a single person for the world's problem with breaking terms of use anyway.
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    daavpuke Apr 12, 11
    I can't really alter the title, so I'll just comment here that there's an update in the article regarding GeoHot's call for a Sony boycott and such.

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