in law i believe people can join themselves to an action if the outcome will directly effect them, perhaps this is what the internet community should do..... completely open source the case
Geohot seeking donations for legal defense against Sony.
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Re: Geohot seeking donations for legal defense against Sony.
#52I'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…
so how is this different to jailbreaking an iPhone?
Re: Geohot seeking donations for legal defense against Sony.
#53donated. next: hack my ps3.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dude, I'm just another HN reader who decided to support this cause. If you made a point in your original message, I most certainly did miss it. You have issues with paypal and email? That's your prerogative. Maybe Geohot didn't expect people to have both these problems.
Obviously you can't read(you keep mentioning email when i've already adressed it entire issue in my second post) so I see no point in continuing this discussion. downvote away if it makes you feel like a bigger man.
> Obviously you can't read
Please leave the childish insults at the door. Misunderstandings happen, but insulting someone for it is wrong.
> so I see no point in continuing this discussion.
If the only thing in your comment is an insult, a statement about ending the discussion, and karma, it's a poor comment and you should just not write it.
> downvote away if it makes you feel like a bigger man.
This comment should be down voted. It's a poor comment by any standard. It offers nothing to the conversation, is rude, and far below HN standards.
You're new here, so I just wanted to take the time to explain why these types of comments are bad for HN and to try and help you improve. I hope it does. =)
Re: Geohot seeking donations for legal defense against Sony.
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dude, I'm just another HN reader who decided to support this cause. If you made a point in your original message, I most certainly did miss it. You have issues with paypal and email? That's your prerogative. Maybe Geohot didn't expect people to have both these problems.
Obviously you can't read(you keep mentioning email when i've already adressed it entire issue in my second post) so I see no point in continuing this discussion. downvote away if it makes you feel like a bigger man.
Hahaha man, are you a comedian? I can't even downvote you. Why would you think I would care to? lol.
Re: Geohot seeking donations for legal defense against Sony.
#56I'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.
I donated because I absolutely despise Sony. After their root kits on their CD's, every Sony exec should have been brought up on criminal charges. Rooting that many machines is a crime that any one of us would be doing a long stint in prison for. The fact that they got slapped on the wrist made Sony my mortal enemy. I don't buy Sony, I try to not buy technology in which Sony gets a royalty and I always take the opportunity to donate to anything that is anti-Sony. Needless to say geohot should be happy with his donations today.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Obviously you can't read(you keep mentioning email when i've already adressed it entire issue in my second post) so I see no point in continuing this discussion. downvote away if it makes you feel like a bigger man.
> Obviously you can't read Please leave the childish insults at the door. Misunderstandings happen, but insulting someone for it is wrong. > so I see no point in continuing this discussion. If the only thing in your comment is an insult, a statement about ending the discussion, and karma, it's a poor comment and you should just not write it. > downvote away if it makes you feel like a bigger man. This comment should…
You're new here, so I just wanted to take the time to explain why these types of comments are bad for HN and to try and help you improve. I hope it does.
Yes we are nice to each other here, it is kind of the golden rule. There are plenty of sites for technical dogma battles and less than civil discourse. HN is not one of those sites. It is what makes it what it is, and we are kind of fanatics about it staying that way. There are too many of the other sites and HN is kind of different, we like it that way and want it to stay that way.
Re: Geohot seeking donations for legal defense against Sony.
#58donated. next: hack my ps3.
i like the cut of your jib, sir.
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#59Donated as well. I don't own or care about the PS3, but Sony must not win this.
Re: Geohot seeking donations for legal defense against Sony.
#60A side question. If we donate, what stops PayPal from randomly "freezing" his account and holding the money hostage, as they have on a number of other occasions for people having a "Donate" link?
Nothing. This is why I do my best to not use paypal. Once it happens to you, you will understand my view point on this.