Seems like the Sony V. Geohot saga continues. According to Wired, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has order George Hotz to hand his computer over to Sony so that they can search his hard drive. This comes after the court’s previous decision to grant Sony a temporary restraining order against Hotz.
Geohot’s attorney objected to the order saying “by allowing Sony access to Mr. Hotz’s computer they would be able to see the contents of his client’s files”. Judge Illston replied with “That’s the breaks”.
“Here, I find probable cause that your client has got these things on his computer,” Illston said. “It’s a problem when more than one thing is kept on the computer. I’ll make sure the order is and will be that Sony is only entitled to isolate … the information on the computer that relates to the hacking of the PlayStation.”
Sony sure is throwing it’s massive might behind their case against Hotz. One must wonder if they just want to make an example out of him in an attempt to deter other would be hackers from hacking their products. I’m not sure what they expect to achieve; we all know that once something is on the internet it lives forever.
Sony Gets Geohot’s Hard Drive originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 2011/02/11.
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