Sony Settles Its Case Against The PlayStation 3 Hacker

In February, Sony began suing George "GeoHotz" Hotz, the hacker who had published the PlayStation 3 root key. Fortunately, this short-lived legal battle has already reached a settlement.

Ever since root access to the PlayStation 3 was gained earlier in the year, the door has been open for unauthorized indie development on the console, but the breakthrough has also allowed users to play pirated games and cheat online. Sony hasn’t been happy with the situation and pursued legal action against the hacker collective fail0verflow, which was responsible for releasing the PS3’s root access information.

Today, Sony released a statement saying it had settled its case against fail0verflow member George Hotz. “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.”

Hotz added, “It was never my intention to cause any users trouble or to make piracy easier. I’m happy to have the litigation behind me.”

We’d like to put this situation behind us as well. Hopefully nothing illegal happens on the Internet ever again.

[Source: GameSpot]