Monday, January 31, 2011

Catchfire PS3 Jailbreak?

As reported in the past few hours, Sony has won the first battle against hackers George "Geohot" Hotz in the war that revolves around a PS3 Jailbreak, a solution that allows you to run pirated games on the PlayStation 3. Restraining order to prevent further tampering Hotz of PlayStation 3 and all devices used by the hacker will be handed over to Sony's lawyers within ten days.

As reported by GameSpot, this is a measure intended to prevent "irreparable damage to Sony." The court recognized the validity of the claims of Sony, which alleged a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, U.S. copyright law) and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (law against infringement of computer systems).

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