Case closed: Sony vs Hotz

You will remember George “Geohot” Hotz, the famous PS3 hacker that was being sued by Sony for cracking their firmware? Well, it appears that Hotz and Sony have achieved a settlement and the case is now closed.



The famous case with Sony against Hotz has ended and it seems that both sides are ready to put the past behind. If you’re wondering who won the case, we have to say that the winner was Sony in the end, however Hotz didn’t lose either, but he has managed to avoid prison sentence, and he got away with an official and permanent warning not to release information about PS3 jailbreak ever again.

Hackers and Hotz’s supporters worldwide aren’t happy with the outcome, and so far, although there isn’t much information about the case, we’ll
probably get them from Hotz in near future. In addition, Hotz has decided to boycott Sony by never purchasing a Sony product ever again. After being sued by Sony, and all legal trouble that he had with Sony, we can’t really blame him.

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A lesson learned. Next time you're about to engage in illegal activities, its probably not too smart to announce you're going to do it..

Announce after you've completed said "illegal activities" (while also putting the know-how-to-do-it on the internet)

And even less smart to announce who you are..

yes duh tell no1 screw everyone hahaha lol he needs to learn that dont put it out how to do stuff let pplz learn for themself geez millions wasted here ›.›°

Sony wanted this case seltted if they though had chance to win they would let this happened they knew they going to lose

I have zero respect for Hotz. He is boycotting sony for no reason, very ignorant and childish person imo. He is boycotting them why? because he almost ruined their system, and fun for every other honest gamer out there, and they decided to call him out on it? Hackers are some ignorant people, and because of the damage he did, i wasnt even able to play modernwarfare2 online and have fun because every single lobby was hacked. i think he deserved more than what he got; and boycotting sony just because you got caught hacking is immature and childish, i hope nobody looks up to this guy, seeing as he is a scared clown. had to leave the country because he was frightened, Hotz is not a man, he is a boy. and a stupid hacker at that.

I think everybody share those sentiments lol

..Well, except for other Hackers , that is! lol

finally its over. is it really?

no raz they r just getting started with sony omg y u think it been down two and a half days now omg sony just tell the truth geeezzzzzz