[Pirate]

We knew it would happen. Geohot released on his blog the PS3 "root key" and various tools to run homebrew on the PS3. Geohot posted on his blog the following:

As of 1/11/2011 7:20 PM EST, I have been served with papers, see below...

Motion For TRO Proposed Order

old front page, with relevant info removed, is here

contact me geohot ... gmail

You can download the court papers here (an interesting read):

• Motion for TRO
• Proposed Order

Fail0verflow is also stuck in the mess, here is some responses from the team:

From Fail0verflow's Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/fail0... "Looks like Sony decided to ignore the facts and sue us all for it. See http://geohot.com/"

From Hector Martin's Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/marca... "Ah, so Sony decided to sue everyone under US law. Guess I won't be visiting the US in a while..."

From Muscle Nerd's Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/Muscl... "EFF has done a fantastic job keeping iPhone jailbreaks (not piracy!) legal..hope they can do the same with this PS3 news"

List of charges:

• Confidential Information On Computer
• Intent To Defraud And Obtain Value
• Knowing Transmission of Code
• Intentional and Reckless Damage And Loss
• Trafficking in Password
• Intent to Extort

Seems like Sony isn't planning going down without some payback first. What are your thoughts about this? What do you think will be the outcome of this case? Let us know by replying below

[Via GeoHot Blog]

UPDATE:



According to PSGroove, Geohot response is now available, you can view the response HERE. The response basically defends Geohot and claims that Sony's actions are not justified against Geohot. Furthermore you can also see refiled documents by Sony outlining tactics similar to the PSJailbreak lawsuit (view HERE).

UPDATE 2:



Sony failed in attempts to get a restraining order on Geohot, to quote @ Geohots Blog: " As of 2:00 PM EST, 1/14/2011, I am not subject to any TROs"

Update 3:



Clarification from readers over at Engadget of the judge ruling, to quote:

Update: Looks like we jumped the gun and got the story a little wrong, but thanks to our readers we've discovered that the judge declined to rule on the TRO. Instead she tabled the TRO issue because she was not satisfied that the Northern District of California has jurisdiction to rule on the matter because Geohot hacked the PS3 in New Jersey.

[mximposter]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

we support u geo

[DaViDoViTsCh]

wtf! the bastards!

[Klaxxon]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUDGE!!!!!! It's a little too late at this point to change anything though.

[2die4]

thats it sony cant do **** they are just posturing and trying to make it look like yeah we will own you so other hackers think twice

[KingKush]

at this point he should open source his CFW patch!

[aj2912]

lets all donate enough money so he can get the lawyer that saved OJ

[UrinalSeptim]

That's not good at all

[thon0925]

Hector Martin and Sven Peter are also listed as defendants

[lionsfan420]

The lawer that OJ had is dead!