Geohot Battles Back Against Sony

csaw.csaw writes "According to Ars Technica, 'Hotz is slamming Sony's arguments at every turn. Sony claims there is a PSN account that Hotz created? Well, the serial number is wrong and anyone could have made that account. The manuals contained information on how SCEA is located in California? The manuals were never opened.' Groklaw posted the latest court filing (PDF) as well as their own analysis, saying, 'All the over-the-top allegations, in short, that some journalists published last week after reading SCEA's filing are now answered ably, about blickmaniac, the Playstation Network, the California downloads, the serial number, SCEA's jurisdictional arguments, everything. I confess, this is getting exciting.'"

Boycott Sony!

[mikaelg]

I dont know why people support Sony. Countless of times they're showed their true colors. The stuff they do to paying customers is absolutely stunning. Both Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360 do have DRM, but they don't do shit like this. Microsoft only bans the modded user from multiplayer, and rightfully so because he could cheat against other players. Sony is going way over the line.

. If you want to play the same games, just get a XBOX 360 and drop PS3. They have the same games anyway, and 360 is a better console, especially with Kinect.

skip ars technica

[SpiralSpirit]

skip ars technica and go straight to groklaw http://www.groklaw.net/ [groklaw.net]

Re:skip ars technica

[SomePgmr]

In defence of Ars, they almost always add quite a lot to the conversation in the way of context and intelligent explanation. It's not like a PC World write-up just ripping off the source.

Yeah,. right

[Locke2005]

"Your honor, my client couldn't possibly have known that SCEA was located in California, because he is utterly incapable of using Google! I rest my case."

I not clear on how not knowing where a company is headquartered helps GeoHotz's case.

Re:Won't matter

[Anonymous Coward]

... from the wikipedia page:

"successfully represented Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family in a lawsuit over the CBS network's unauthorized use of the famous "I Have a Dream" speech"

WTF? Isn't that *exactly* what should be public domain?

Re:Yeah,. right

[compro01]

I not clear on how not knowing where a company is headquartered helps GeoHotz's case.

It matters for arguing that California is an inappropriate venue. The case being in California could be disastrous, as it would be expensive for geohot to appear in court for his defense.

Also, I believe California has some whacky trade secret laws Sony could utilize.

Charging money isn't evil...

[Joce640k]

Why does charging money for something make a company "evil"?

Evil is when they sue you, install viruses on your PC without asking, make CDs that won't play on PCs, try to lock you in to their products at every turn (eg. memory sticks), use proprietary connectors everywhere, overcharge for replacement batteries, etc. It's all in a days work at SONY.

Re:Charging money isn't evil...

[Blakey Rat]

Basically, MS isn't providing enough value to justify charging for it.

Then don't pay for it. That doesn't make it "evil."

I mean, we're comparing this to a company that *removed* an advertised feature from the console. Xbox 360 *added* the Netflix feature. (And was by a full year the first console to have it.) Completely apples and oranges.

If you want a cheap Netflix player, buy a Roku.

Re:Boycott Sony!

[Belial6]

That is a sad myth that has seriously hurt PC gaming. If you are hooking up to a TV you are maxing out at 1920x1080. So, any comparison of screen resolutions above that are only gravy for the PC. It doesn't take that powerful of a video card to do 1920 by 1080. You can practically do it on an integrated graphics chip. So, you don't have to upgrade the PC ever. You can keep what you have and just buy a whole new one, just like with a console. The fact that you CAN upgrade is a benifit, not a drawback. Besides, The consoles are moving into the upgrade direction anyway. After all, MS isn't just shipping the Kinect to every 360 owner for free. It is an upgrade to the system. The PS3 and Wii have also had their own upgrades.