In an insane attempt to stop the world, Sony has sued George “Geohot” Hotz. Some comments on this:
The court has granted Sony’s request for TRO. In the document, the court rules: “… Hotz shall … preserve, and not destroy, erase, delete, dispose of, or alter any documents or records, … that relate to … the Circumvention Devices, or any communications with any party concerning the manufacture, …” (page 3, 12-22).
Hm … since Geohot distributed that information via his website and the “any party” is the world, doesn’t that mean he must not take the information down? Since taking down the information would mean to alter his homepage which the court ruling strictly forbids …
Or as Dan Gillmor found in his blog post: “Given that the research results Sony presumably cares about are available online, granting the order would mean that everyone except the researchers themselves would have access to their work.”
It’s interesting to see that the people, who turned the justice system into what it is today, starting to strangle themselves into it.
“Beware not to lose the war by winning it”
— Haul monk to Forne Rako
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Sony cracks down on Geohot
7. February, 2011In an insane attempt to stop the world, Sony has sued George “Geohot” Hotz. Some comments on this:
The court has granted Sony’s request for TRO. In the document, the court rules: “… Hotz shall … preserve, and not destroy, erase, delete, dispose of, or alter any documents or records, … that relate to … the Circumvention Devices, or any communications with any party concerning the manufacture, …” (page 3, 12-22).
Hm … since Geohot distributed that information via his website and the “any party” is the world, doesn’t that mean he must not take the information down? Since taking down the information would mean to alter his homepage which the court ruling strictly forbids …
Or as Dan Gillmor found in his blog post: “Given that the research results Sony presumably cares about are available online, granting the order would mean that everyone except the researchers themselves would have access to their work.”
It’s interesting to see that the people, who turned the justice system into what it is today, starting to strangle themselves into it.
“Beware not to lose the war by winning it”
— Haul monk to Forne Rako
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