Geohot seeking donations for legal defense against Sony.

Post by jefe78 » Sun, Feb 20, 2011, 6:36 AM UTC

russell_h wrote: post #11

jefe78 wrote: post #3

Is there a way we contribute without our wallets?

Not that its going to do Geohot much good, but I for one won't be purchasing another Sony product, ever.

Post by steve19 » Sun, Feb 20, 2011, 7:10 AM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Feb 20, 2011, 8:08 AM UTC

rorrr wrote: post #23

elliottcarlson wrote: post #2

I'm donating - what Sony is doing is illegal. I understand that his work has lead to the option of piracy, and I fully support Sony's decision to ban consoles that have been modified from their online network - however the legal battle against geohot and team fail overflow is wrong. Bottom line; this is a worthy fight to wager and my money will help support it.

As much as I support geohot and dislike DMCA, I'm pretty sure releasing code that circumvents security (and especially the one that causes financial loss) is still illegal. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/1201.html#a http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/1201.html#a2 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/1201.html#b There's one exception - circumvention is allowed only for security testing purposes, bu…

Post by fleitz » Sun, Feb 20, 2011, 8:19 AM UTC

Post by lyime » Sun, Feb 20, 2011, 8:35 AM UTC