Settlement in George Hotz Case

[Hop2089]

It's a draw, we all need to move on we have bigger problems if you haven't seen my latest blog.

 

[antwill]

I always thought Hotz was a douche, but now I know he is a sell out as well!

Sony is trying to make an example of him and the rest of the scene, selling out is the same as letting them WIN!

OK, you try and be in his position; you're 20 years old being sued by a huge corporation. They give you an opportunity to end the case, would you not take it?

I'm surprised he didn't make another rap video after all this "I'm going to win" "I'm fighting for justice!", etc. If they make a movie, Richard Simmons should be George.

 

[foxgrey]

OK, you try and be in his position; you're 20 years old being sued by a huge corporation. They give you an opportunity to end the case, would you not take it?

Don't get me wrong, If I was in his shoes as an average 20 year old then hell yeah I'd probably settle in a heart beat. But we are talking about the geohotz lol...Seriously though, he has gained some fame for all his troubles. He could have fought it for a lot longer, could have stood up to the beast and possibly even got somewhere. So I stand by my first comment.

 

[Joktan]

It didnt end to bad for hotz....he should be glad...

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

OK, you try and be in his position; you're 20 years old being sued by a huge corporation. They give you an opportunity to end the case, would you not take it?

Don't get me wrong, If I was in his shoes as an average 20 year old then hell yeah I'd probably settle in a heart beat. But we are talking about the geohotz lol...Seriously though, he has gained some fame for all his troubles. He could have fought it for a lot longer, could have stood up to the beast and possibly even got somewhere. So I stand by my first comment.

He doesn't have an unlimited supply of money you know. he probably wanted it to end as soon as possible.

 

[foxgrey]

to be honest, I think I need to go burn my ISP they now have records that I was here, and /gasp posted on a george hotz thread....Sony gonna want my ip address and access records...lawlz

 

[antwill]

OK, you try and be in his position; you're 20 years old being sued by a huge corporation. They give you an opportunity to end the case, would you not take it?

Don't get me wrong, If I was in his shoes as an average 20 year old then hell yeah I'd probably settle in a heart beat. But we are talking about the geohotz lol...Seriously though, he has gained some fame for all his troubles. He could have fought it for a lot longer, could have stood up to the beast and possibly even got somewhere. So I stand by my first comment.

He doesn't have an unlimited supply of money you know. he probably wanted it to end as soon as possible.

No, but if you buy into the idea that he didn't spend it on the holiday, he did still have a fairly large amount of donations, which is obviously significantly large if he stopped accepting them after a few days...

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

OK, you try and be in his position; you're 20 years old being sued by a huge corporation. They give you an opportunity to end the case, would you not take it?

Don't get me wrong, If I was in his shoes as an average 20 year old then hell yeah I'd probably settle in a heart beat. But we are talking about the geohotz lol...Seriously though, he has gained some fame for all his troubles. He could have fought it for a lot longer, could have stood up to the beast and possibly even got somewhere. So I stand by my first comment.

He doesn't have an unlimited supply of money you know. he probably wanted it to end as soon as possible.

No, but if you buy into the idea that he didn't spend it on the holiday, he did still have a fairly large amount of donations, which is obviously significantly large if he stopped accepting them after a few days...

The donations didn't give him that much money. It was a significant amount, but it was by no means going to last him for too much longer.

 

[Recorderdude]

shit got leaked.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/attachments/f6...stipulation.pdf

according to this, he's gotta pay $10,000 every time he tries to hack any sony products now, up to $250,000.

 

[twiztidsinz]

I wonder what this means for the future.
absolutely nothing. We're literally back to square one.


How do you know ? You are not psychic anyway. We shall wait and see.

You are wrong.
We're back at square one because there has been no legal precedent set.


QUOTE(foxgrey @ Apr 11 2011, 12:37 PM)

I always thought Hotz was a douche, but now I know he is a sell out as well!

Sony is trying to make an example of him and the rest of the scene, selling out is the same as letting them WIN!

Know how I know you're an idiot?

Spoiler

I read your posts.

 

[antwill]

shit got leaked.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/attachments/f6...stipulation.pdf

according to this, he's gotta pay $10,000 every time he tries to hack any sony products, up to $250,000.

If that is for real, all those hoping he'd hack the xperia play or the NGP are going to be sorely disappointed.

 

[chartube12]

nvm. see quote in post above mine.

 

[antwill]

geohotz probably now works for sony as part of the agreement.

In the mail department?

 

[twiztidsinz]

geohotz probably now works for sony as part of the agreement.

After reading it, George Hotz got kinda boned in the settlement.
He got nothing but stipulations. He cannot access any Sony (game?) products in an unauthorized way or has to pay $10,000 and any suits brought against him by Sony will be tried in Northern California without the ability for him to challenge jurisdiction.

 

[thedicemaster]

I always thought Hotz was a douche, but now I know he is a sell out as well!

Sony is trying to make an example of him and the rest of the scene, selling out is the same as letting them WIN!

nope, sony didn't win.
if sony won, they'd have a precedent.
that would mean they could freely sue anyone even attempting to hack a sony device and would almost certainly win just by pointing a finger at the geohot vs sony case.
now sony can't use the results in this case as a weapon against hackers because a judge never made a definitive decision.

 

[Twilight Loz]

So can Hotz continue and make a 3.60CFW?

 

[Recorderdude]

So can Hotz continue and make a 3.60CFW?

If he's got $10,000 to spare.

 

[Eckin]

according to that pdf, geohot got fucked over

like, real bad

was it really a good choice for him to accept those terms?

yeah I know this whole thing with geohot isn't important anymore, but I'm still shocked by those stipulations

 

[Hop2089]

according to that pdf, geohot got fucked over

like, real bad

was it really a good choice for him to accept those terms?

yeah I know this whole thing with geohot isn't important anymore, but I'm still shocked by those stipulations

It was the only choice but no it wasn't good at all.

 

[chyyran]

Well, there goes months of flaming

I guess Sony finally decided that there won't be a winner in this case.

If Sony wins, it's a waste of money, once it's on the interwebs, it stays.
If Sony looses, it's a waste of money, also, it's public image will be irreparably damageg