The only benefit to Sony to pursue the case to trial would be to win unspecified monetary damages. However, Sony risked a lot more if it went to trial and lost. And even if it won, the unneeded Sony publicity could shed light on the inequities of the DMCA and spark calls for change.
The U. Copyright Office last year granted an exception to the DCMA when it comes to jailbreaking mobile phones so they can run any apps a user wants.
Hotz later went on to hack the PlayStation 3 and battle Sony in a high-profile lawsuit. In a recent profile by The New Yorker , we get a fascinating look at Hotz and several stories from his career as a prolific, self-taught hacker. He used a Phillips-head eyeglass screwdriver to undo the two screws in the back of the phone. Then he slid a guitar pick around the tiny groove, and twisted free the shell with a snap.
Eventually, he found his target: a square sliver of black plastic called a baseband processor, the chip that limited the carriers with which it could work. To spread the fun, he released his jailbreak firmware to the world. That was the trigger, the final straw. The court ordered GeoHot to purge all PlayStation information from his websites and to relinquish his computers to Sony lawyers. Go on, do it, I dare you. Hackers around the world took notice—and many vowed revenge.
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