Sony will be able to proceed with its prosecution of a hacker who published an encryption key allowing PlayStation 3 owners to override Sony’s copy-protection software and gain control of their consoles. The hack reportedly was built using earlier jailbreaks to the system. A federal magistrate has granted the company subpoena power to gain access to the IP addresses of anyone who visited George Hotz’s website from January 2009 onward. It also won subpoena power for data from YouTube and Hotz’s GeoHot Twitter account. Sony reportedly is basing its suit on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s prohibition of “circumvention devices.”
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Court Grants Sony Heavy Artillery for Its War on PS3 Hacking
Posted by: Erika Morphy March 7, 2011 12:13 PMSony will be able to proceed with its prosecution of a hacker who published an encryption key allowing PlayStation 3 owners to override Sony’s copy-protection software and gain control of their consoles. The hack reportedly was built using earlier jailbreaks to the system. A federal magistrate has granted the company subpoena power to gain access to the IP addresses of anyone who visited George Hotz’s website from January 2009 onward. It also won subpoena power for data from YouTube and Hotz’s GeoHot Twitter account. Sony reportedly is basing its suit on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s prohibition of “circumvention devices.”