Sony claims that PS3 hacker George "Geohot" Hotz has fled the United States in an effort to escape his participation in the notorious PS3 jailbreak suit.
A document filed by Sony alleges that Hotz is currently residing in South America, using his new location as an excuse for not handing his impounded hard-drives over to the publisher for a thorough scouring. Sony adds that "attempts to dodge this Court’s authority raise very serious questions."
To further demolish Geohot's case, Sony claims that he lied about owning a PlayStation Network card. After tracking the serial number one of Hotz's four PS3s, Sony was able to determine that he'd created the PSN account "blickmaniac."
GeoHot's South American move can be seen as one of two things -- a nervous retreat that's a far cry from his confident rapping persona, or a cocky "F-You" maneuver that will confound his enemies and impress his friends. Whichever side of the fence you're on, let's agree on one thing -- that Geohot should bring me back a toucan.
George Hotz Runs Away to South America; Lies About Having PSN Account [VGHQ]
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10:40 AM on 03.23.2011 | 
2. He needs to bring me a toucan
You should know by now that Terms of Use and Agreement are meant to counter this. You know, the text you accept when installing anything? Come on dude.
A one armed man hacked the PS3 and framed geohot.
pretty much showing that he's all bark and absolutely no bite.
Guilty men don't run.
Yeah, because companies should be able to self-legislate with mountains of unskillable text most people don't even read. That's a great reason for people to not be able to use their own devices how they wish (excepting the breaking of actual laws, like piracy).
Damn my flu and headache.
I don't know man, probably has to do with the ToS.. I mean, we are well aware that we are accepting it even though we don't read it. Therefore Sony has the right to do whatever they want.
I know it sucks but that's ho it works. =/
Anyway, running from the law is the sign of a guilty man. Given how petulant and dickless Geohot has shown himself to be, I guess we shouldn't be surprised.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110322114658410
GeoHot's main position right now is that if Sony don't want to sue him in his place of residence, it sure as hell shouldn't be in California (Where Sony know that it will eat up more of his resources to get down there AND the judge is known for siding with media companies).
What his lawyers are arguing is that the contract for the software is with Sony of Japan which has many references in the ToS and in the SDK agreement. His argument being that it has nothing to do with SCEA so they shouldn't be able to decide where to sue him.
It is not self-legislating. They put an agreement in for you to buy their equipment. If you break the agreement they can do nothing to you. BUT the court can.
Also i don't think anyone smart enough to haxzor the code would have any trouble understanding this:
2. RESTRICTIONS
You may not lease, rent, sublicense, publish, modify, adapt, or translate any portion of the System Software. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any portion of the System Software, or create any derivative works, or otherwise attempt to create System Software source code from its object code.
Geohot sounds like an intelligent person but perhaps lacking in common sense. I understand what he was doing as a matter of principle but he should've been aware of the potential ramifications. Unfortunately for him people took his tinkering to open up the PS3 for pirating. Me? I was hoping this case would end like the iPhone where jailbreaking was the owners prerogative but looks like not.
But if he ends up staying in SA I'm sure he'll do well for himself.
then give it to Jim.
TOUCANS FOR JIM.
LOL @ people who donated to this just cause of fighting "the man".
That'd be boss.
I presume your opinion on jaywalking is the death penalty?!
I dunno but hackers and pirates get more appealing to me from comment to comment.
Didn't people donate tons of money to his legal fund because all of his money was already spent on his lawyers?
What a thieving asshole and he had the audacity to tell people if they donated it would only go to his legal funds, if this is part of his defense what's next? A trip to Disney land or a trip to austrailia ?