[PS3] Infamous Sony Hacker 'Geohot' Wants Your Help Covering His Legal Fees

[PS3] Infamous Sony Hacker 'Geohot' Wants Your Help Covering His Legal Fees
Sony has been coming down on 'Geohot', the man who blew the PlayStation 3's security right open when he posted the rootkey that held everything together. Over the last few months, it has escalated with hackers now running rampant on the PS3. In an effort to take action, as you are no doubt aware, Sony is suing 'Geohot' for what he has done.

Now he wants you to help fund his case against Sony through donations. You can check out his side of the story over on his website, but it is definitely a very different side to 'Geohot' after his rap video that he posted on YouTube in which he seemed to provoke Sony to come after him. He claims that he legitimately was doing this only to bring the Other OS feature that Sony removed but even all that aside, he must have known the bigger picture that would be revealed by his actions.

Quote:I am an advocate against mass piracy, do not distribute anyone's copyrighted work but my own, do not take crap lying down, and am even pro DRM in a sense. For example, I believe Apple has every right to lock down their iPhone in the factory as much as they want, but once it's paid for and mine, I have the right to unlock it, smash it, jailbreak it, look at it, and hack on it. Fortunately, the courts agree with me on this point.

My PS3 goal has been to provide users a legitimate path to homebrew, which by the standards of all previous cases (or, in reverse), is 100% legal. Sony does not even try to allege piracy or copyright infringement in this case, they allege I did things like play "super mario world, an unauthorized game" on MY PS3. And access MY PS3 in an unauthorized way. Who are they to authorize what I do with my taxed and paid for property?

fail0verflow's goal was even nobler than mine. They wanted to give you back a feature Sony illegally stole, Linux on your PS3. It's shameful on Sony's part that they are being sued at all. If you have a problem with pirates, sue them, don't sue people who point out your shortcomings.

It is interesting, this case could shape the future of the homebrew world. What are your views on the matter?

Written by: Kyran Morrison

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