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• Heheh, The ad on the site is a "buy a dongle to jailbreak your PS3" company. http://img221.imageshack.us/... : Fenring42
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  What else are they supposed to do? Go beat him up? : azshack
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    They made an announcement saying they could patch this stuff out. If you can patch it out, why sue? : lcizzle
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      I don't think they can. They want to make an example of him because that's totally worked before. : Fenring42
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        Recent Apple and Google lawsuits on jailbreaking iPhones and Android phones says otherwise. : lcizzle
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          What? That making an example of him will dissuade others from doing so? I think I'm misunderstanding you.

          Jan 11, 2011 8:19pm PST
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          What? That making an example of him will dissuade others from doing so? I think I'm misunderstanding you. : Fenring42
          • I'm not sure how you would make an example of him. Didn't Apple and Google go to court about jailbreaking... : lcizzle
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            This is Sony pulling the big boy card out on a college kid hoping he will fold before it goes to court mo... : Arcath
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              what "jailbreak" suit from google. i haven't heard anything about this : harold.johnson
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                Google and Apple both went to court to try and make jailbreaking illegal and failed. Should be able to fi... : lcizzle
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                  the dmca exemption from july? googles been just fine with people "jailbreaking"/rooting their android ph... : harold.johnson
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                    It was because they were also distributing official ROMS which google didnt like but they got that all cl... : Xencer
                    • That wasn't about rooting. The roms had a few propriatary apps like gmail and google maps that aren't ope... : harold.johnson
            • I'm just wondering what they are trying to get him to "fold" on. It's over the system is done and every h... : lcizzle
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          I looked, and couldn't find any mention of Google suing over rooting/jailbreaking their devices. It's ... : famine101
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            Via a Google search. I'll post the link if I run across it again. : lcizzle
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              They made cynanogen take google apps out of cyanogen mod (which you simply flash yourself) but I think th... : thecatinthehat
              • That wasn't even a lawsuit though, it was a cease & desist order so that they can protect their agreement... : famine101
      • And yes I saw your sarcasm. I was just reiterating that making an example of people actually works. Can't... : lcizzle
  • No. Rap battle : VivaMachete
  • They should have rounded up their crew and challenged him to a knife fight in a dark alley, like real men... : alphablu
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  damn u sound like a badass : boring gegtik
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    my favorite reply : duncan432
    • i'd like to frame it on the wall : RikiTiki2
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    It's not how I meant it. I've always wanted to program game consoles since I found out about programming.... : lcizzle
    • hobbitses : RikiTiki2
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      If you want to write games, then use XNA, if you want the console to be as open as a PC, then why not jus... : thecray
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        That's not really the point. What happens when Xbox1024 comes out and they shut down XBox Live for the 36... : lcizzle
        • at least xbox written stuff is easier to port being on PC-type architecture : RikiTiki2
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  I wonder what the world would be like if corporations hired hackers that broke their security instead of ... : indosauros
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    No idea, there is a guy on the psp side of things that said he emailed Sony about two years ago saying he... : lcizzle
    • Sony has lawyers on retainer, I suppose it wouldn't be cost effective to discard them and hire the guy wh... : MeestaNob
  • They have already been using hackers' ideas by incorporating them into the newer systems. XBox & PS2 hack... : Endymion_
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  yeah what a bunch of pussies for trying to protect their console from pirates!! how fucking gay! : grendel
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    also i hope your shit gets bricked. : grendel
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      You hope my shit gets bricked for playing Snes9x on my PS3? Cool thanks. : lcizzle
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        do you own those roms legally? and no, owning the carts is not the same thing. : captain hampton
        • I don't have any roms I don't have carts for. Try again. : lcizzle
        • Not going to argue with you on the shack. If you want to email me and vent your anger feel free. : lcizzle
        • it is to me! : chilln
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          Per recent Library of Congress rules, possession of ROMs and similar for the purposes of preservation and... : Arcanum
          • emulatowned : Halen
        • Carts are licenses. : shirif
      • I really wish they had just left Linux support in, then that zeroarcade guy could have finished his proje... : Haxim
    • Sony doesn't really need your support. The consumer, on the other hand, is frequently treated like a crim... : dex.collins
  • giant corporations using flimsy lawsuits they cant win to bankrupt individuals sure is awesome! : crazywigga
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  I don't know if this is actually true, but DigitalFoundry is hinting at a PS3 killswitch: http://www.euro : the archvile
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    ^ There's the #1 reason why I never modded my PS3. Nobody's determined if sony can wield the banhammer a : jingletard
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      That's why the policy for homebrew is always "stay offline". I've been online very little on my PS3 since... : lcizzle
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        If PSN winds up to be anything like XBL, that won't matter at all. The second the console detects any so... : jingletard
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          I'm pretty sure 110% of the true homebrew guys could care less about PSN and if they get banned that's a ... : lcizzle
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            Right, but it kills any potential resale value of the console and it is a point of no return if the thing... : jingletard
            • PSN kills any resale value of the PS3 as it is. : Endymion_
          • I'm sure they could : RikiTiki2
        • You say this like using PSN is a good thing. People will just install XLink Kai on their network and do t... : Endymion_
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      Microsoft doesn't brick your console, they block it from XBL. It still plays games. : Turd Ferguson
      • Yeah but a 360 that's unable to use XBL or get game updates without swapping drives, thus turning it in t... : jingletard
    • I always assumed that if a smart person modded their 360 or PS3 they would only play and stay offline. W... : TwiLyght
  • From neogaf: On boot the system contacts the server and uploads the play list etc. this list alone is ... : pancake humper
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    That would get them sued incredibly quickly. : Arcanum
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      I'm sure it's in the EULA somewhere... : Haxim
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        That's nice. They'll have a hard time arguing that a EULA allows them to destroy hardware they don't own... : Arcanum
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          But you already agreed that they could by accepting the EULA! : Haxim
          • Just because it's in the EULA doesn't mean it's valid. The EULA for some software may say that it gives ... : Arcanum
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        they can't just put anything they want in the EULA though : moshman
        • They can, but there's a reason why all EULAs contain language like 'Except where this EULA conflicts with... : master_disaster_17
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  STICK IT TO THE MAN!!! : Drewus
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    RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE : VivaMachete
    • BULLS ON PARADE : rick
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  I hope sony wins, I really do : stgdz
  • I don't own a PS3, and probably never will, but I have to lol at this because Sony already lost. : Sludgehead
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    It looks like the story is a bit mangled on the internet. Now it's gone from lawsuit to restraining order... : lcizzle
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      It was more like psgroove are not attorneys and are just a scene site. Engadget has a lawyer on staff and... : pancake humper
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        Or the just jumped the gun. I mean that is the likely next step? : lcizzle
        • Won't really know until the morning I guess. Good summary by Nilay at Engadget: This isn't a "lawsuit : pancake humper
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      let us put all these cats back in these bags : GloriousCow
      • It works so well with Wikileaks. : pigvomit
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      Lol. Remember the decss code spam that happened after the mpaa tried to block it's publication? : Beady
      • Hah, did you buy any of the shirts? : spazzium
    • lol, quick, turn off the internets : node
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  I don't understand your last sentence? How has sony been "dishing it out"? Did they hack geohot's console... : uncleanmonkey
  • removing linux support I guess : moshman
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    They have been quick to counter all the previous hacks, and they said they would do the same. Except the... : harold.johnson
    • I still don't see how that's "dishing it out". If someone breaks into your house and you install new alar... : uncleanmonkey
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  Anyone who is against this, anyone has never used XBMC. Once you hacked an Xbox 1 and saw the power of a... : abrasion
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    what's wrong with doing this to a 360, where programming the thing is far and away easier? : RikiTiki2
    • Nothing at all? What does the 360 have to do with this? PS3 is slightly better in that it has gigabit n... : abrasion
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      the 360 isn't hacked as wide open though is it? I could be wrong, I don't follow all this stuff any more.... : moshman
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        There's a 360 hack that allows for homebrew but it only works on older consoles that haven't been patched... : datoo
        • that's what I thought. Moot point then really as every ps3 at the moment is wide open, sony trying to sue... : moshman
  • Word. : klearlyunseen
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    the consoles essentially do what people hacked them for by default now. why do the new ones need to be ha... : synapse19
    • because it's not there. If the 360 or PS3 played all media types without any complaint directly from my ... : moshman
    • Because it's not there anymore. Sony pulled their Other OS feature; what did they expect people to do? : Conan
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    I'm kind of hoping it stays around and builds for a while, so when we're onto the next console you can pi... : 60days
    • Yeah I picked up an xbox for $50 long after the 360 came out and I used it as a media center for years. : datoo
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  Why would I want to use that hacked firmware? I use the ps3 to play games with my friend. What wonderful ... : ArB
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    You could make a new firmware that would allow you to install games completely to the harddrive and just ... : Fenring42
    • you could make firmware which allowed you to do pretty much anything, given the programming knowledge of ... : moshman
  • XBMC, emulators, all kinds of cool shtuff : klearlyunseen