I haven’t been writing much about the legal battle between Sony Computer Entertainment American and renowned hacker George Hotz (GeoHot), but this latest tidbit is too good to ignore. Instead of complying with several requests made by federal magistrate judge Joseph Spero, Hotz has high tailed it to South America. According to a statement filed by SCEA:
Most seriously, after Magistrate Judge Spero ordered an inspection of Hotz’s devices and ordered Hotz to appear at a deposition in California, SCEA learned that Hotz had deliberately removed integral components of his impounded hard drives prior to delivering them to a third party neutral and that Hotz is now in South America, an excuse for why he will not immediately provide the components of his hard drives as requested by the neutral.
Hotz’s attempts to dodge this Court’s authority raise very serious questions.
Also, he allegedly lied about having a PSN account. That’s a crime punishable by 50 lashes with a PS3 power cable.
Sony vs. GeoHot went from being a boring legal battle to movie-of-the-week material! In my head, Hotz is in Brazil, hanging out with Blanka. Where do you think he is? What do you think he’s doing? What do you make of him leaving the country when he has serious legal issues to deal with?
Hah, good. That was pretty criminal that the judge gave Sony carte'blanche to dig through his material and to grant that subpoena for IP addresses since Jan 2009.
Never buying a Sony product again
Or maybe he just thinks that all girls from Brazil look like the ones you see online and are just as easy….
or looking for sura bunda.
Interesting that he seems to be running from this. Now we will have to wait and see if he comes back, and if there are any legal consequences for leaving the country at this time.
Or if he even comes back….
He has a corporation that can out litigate him in terms of financials. They have won every motion up to this point given the fact the judge doesn't seem to understand the kind of tech they are dealing with.
this might be a repeat but i'll say it again..my gf's grandfather owns a bank and quite a few finance companies. One of the more poignant things he was telling me about his businesses is that "You use me and I'll sue you, let's see who runs out of money first". haha
I think that is sad but true. Sony might be technically right here, and be legally right—but I don't think it is ethical.
you ever seen the movie catch me if you can?
i hate seeing genius, in any form, being wasted…im sure this dude could use his skills for legitimate purposes.
Yeah I can agree with that wholeheartedly. The way his mind has to work to do what he does is incredible, and definitely something that should be used somewhere.
And I liked that movie, despite leonardo di caprio (not his biggest fan, although he has been in some great movies).