Geohot Settlement

[TheGreySpectre]

Looks like the case was resolved in some manner or another, who knows if we will ever find out the details of the settlement.

Joint Statement

Sony Computer Entertainment America (“SCEA”) and George Hotz (“Hotz”) today announced the settlement of the lawsuit filed by SCEA against Hotz in federal court in San Francisco, California. The parties reached an agreement in principle on March 31, 2011. As part of the settlement, Hotz consented to a permanent injunction.

Both parties expressed satisfaction that litigation had been quickly resolved. “Sony is glad to put this litigation behind us,” said Riley Russell, General Counsel for SCEA. “Our motivation for bringing this litigation was to protect our intellectual property and our consumers. We believe this settlement and the permanent injunction achieve this goal.”

“It was never my intention to cause any users trouble or to make piracy easier,” said Hotz, “I’m happy to have the litigation behind me.” Hotz was not involved in the recent attacks on Sony’s internet services and websites.

In the action, SCEA accused Hotz of violating federal law by posting online information about the security system in the PlayStation 3 videogame console and software that SCEA claimed could be used to circumvent the security system in the console and allow the playing of pirated videogames. Hotz denies any wrongdoing on his part. Hotz’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction was still pending before the federal court in San Francisco but a preliminary injunction was issued requiring Hotz to take down the postings challenged by SCEA.

“We want our consumers to be able to enjoy our devices and products in a safe and fun environment and we want to protect the hard work of the talented engineers, artists, musicians and game designers who make PlayStation games and support the PlayStation Network,” added Russell. “We appreciate Mr. Hotz’s willingness to address the legal issues involved in this case and work with us to quickly bring this matter to an early resolution.”

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[Redshirt #24]

Apparently George noted on his blog that the terms of the settlement are confidential. I'm agreeing with the sentiment that SCEA may be happier about that than anything else...

 

[eon]

im pretty sure the legal donators didnt put their money into his defense just to settle. will he refund their donations???

 

[4saken]

so basically sony scared the living piss out of him and he caved. WTG SonY! yay. Put these pirate, so called crusaders, fuckers out to dry.

 

[Spiko]

,.,

 

[BigYoSpeck]

im pretty sure the legal donators didnt put their money into his defense just to settle. will he refund their donations???

You don't think they would have even offered a settlement less than ruining him for life if he hadn't had a reasonable legal defence?

Lets face it, he had zero chance of winning against a behemoth like Sony, it was only ever a case of damage limitation.

Any one who donated thinking otherwise was fairly naive.

 

[zero2dash]

I think it's safe to assume he didn't get that apology for removing Other OS either.
What a douche.

 

[next-Jin]

This is bs, he should be ruined. Screw a settlement go the entire way big man, sing those raps yo

 

[Coreyk78]

im pretty sure the legal donators didnt put their money into his defense just to settle. will he refund their donations???

Just because this didn't go into a prolonged legal battle inside a courtroom doesn't mean that his lawyer didn't bill him. Those guys charge you for every last thing they do, I should know, I got divorced last year.

 

[next-Jin]

Just because this didn't go into a prolonged legal battle inside a courtroom doesn't mean that his lawyer didn't bill him. Those guys charge you for every last thing they do, I should know, I got divorced last year.

What probably happened was he used the money idiots provided him to settle with Sony and lawyers. God knows how much he got from retards screaming for a fucking stupid cause.

It's absurd.

 

[eon]

You don't think they would have even offered a settlement less than ruining him for life if he hadn't had a reasonable legal defence?

Lets face it, he had zero chance of winning against a behemoth like Sony, it was only ever a case of damage limitation.

Any one who donated thinking otherwise was fairly naive.

but his main claim for the whole donation for the Sony lawsuit was to champion an important cause, win or lose... not to help bail him out with a settlement.

 

[NotJay]

but his main claim for the whole donation for the Sony lawsuit was to champion an important cause, win or lose... not to help bail him out with a settlement.

meh he had no hope of winning in first place
people who donated should have seen this coming if they didn't well..

 

[guitarguy6]

so basically sony scared the living piss out of him and he caved. WTG SonY! yay. Put these pirate, so called crusaders, fuckers out to dry.

You don't believe that you should be able to do whatever you want with something you paid for?

 

[YeuEmMaiMai]

You don't think they would have even offered a settlement less than ruining him for life if he hadn't had a reasonable legal defence?

Lets face it, he had zero chance of winning against a behemoth like Sony, it was only ever a case of damage limitation.

Any one who donated thinking otherwise was fairly naive.

I would say that Sony settled due to not wanting anymore of the gobs of bad press that they are currently getting and that ol' boy there settled because he didn't want Sony's giant cawk shoved so far up his ass that it would have came out of his mouth......

 

[refraxion]

What probably happened was he used the money idiots provided him to settle with Sony and lawyers. God knows how much he got from retards screaming for a fucking stupid cause.

It's absurd.

QFT.

 

[piscian18]

Old and from a Sony blog.