Settlement in George Hotz Case

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Today has Sony published a Joint Statement on their court case over Jailbreaking the PS3 Console!

It claims a settlement has been reached between SCEA and George Hotz over the lawsuit that was filed back in Jan.

We OF COURSE being in full PSX-SCENE style have NOW attached the latest court files detailing the settlement details!

In the meantime here is the statement that Sony made public:

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.”

In the meantime here is what GEOHOT has to say on the matter at hand:

Joining the SONY Boycott

As of 4/11/11, I am joining the SONY boycott. I will never purchase another SONY product.

I encourage you to do the same.

There is much more to come on this blog.

I say we throw out everything labelled with Sony on it also, and support maybe Samsung instead??? I am sure they would LOVE to join into the GAMING WORLD, now that SONY has basically stated it is ILLEGAL to change their PRODUCT in any shape or form. Have a READ of the PDF file, it gives you all the juicy details!

News Source: Playstation Blog

Thanks to renanbianchi for being first out of a thousand members that posted the news!

[troy49er3]

Anyone know what the details are? They didn't say on the sony page

Settlement in George Hotz Case – PlayStation Blog

[efciem]

Settlement in George Hotz Case – PlayStation Blog

We have news that a settlement has been reached between Sony and GeoHot.

[bsensed]

Anyone know what the details are? They didn't say on the sony page

Settlement in George Hotz Case – PlayStation Blog

i guess he promised to be a good boy and leave the ps3 alone

[iModz-x-]

"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.”

[flip]

And I guess he's working for Sony now. He said something like that a few weeks ago..that he's willing to show Sony how to "fight" against new CFW's and stuff.

Why else should they have settled?

[Mr.GoodFrag]

"As part of the settlement, Hotz consented to a permanent injunction"

Well, I'm certainly no lawyer, but it sounds as if Sony got what they wanted here.

[mike10]

he wrote on his blog

The terms of the settlement agreement are "confidential" and the matter requires that they be "confidential".

Your rights and my rights are two very different things

[keropi666]

so the users tested a little bit of paradise and now got screwed or something?
lol it sucks

[clum]

Joining the SONY Boycott

As of 4/11/11, I am joining the SONY boycott. I will never purchase another SONY product.

I encourage you to do the same.

There is much more to come on this blog.

geohot got sued

Incase you haven't seen yet.