neofryboy said:
I still don't understand why people are harping on Sony. Some kid indirectly stole millions of dollars from them through illegal actions. They have a right to be pissed. They have a right to sue.
war59312 said:
I hope he sues the court and Sony on constitutional grounds via Fourth Amendment.
He has a 100% expectation of privacy when it comes to his paypal account.
Omnislip said:
Those who break laws have no entitlement to those laws.
Of course, if he isn't found guilty, then he will sue like nothing else.
matrix86 said:
I don't understand why they need to get his paypal info? Just because people give him money, doesn't mean they're giving it to him to pay for the hack. Could someone explain the reasoning behind this? Please? Because I really don't get the point of it. I just don't see what accepting money has to do with any of this. They already know what he did and have proof of it.
If he was smart, though, he would do what I do. I NEVER keep money in my paypal account. The only time there is money in there, is just before I buy something. And as soon as someone pays me, I transfer it to my bank account. There is never money in my paypal account for more than a few minutes. Although, I guess I can see a few reasons as to why people would keep money in there. I just think it smarter to put it into your bank account. But that's just me.
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Another installment of Corporations screwing over the average citizen.
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neofryboy said:
If I sell a corporate secret (and then brag about it on the internet like a douche) the judge can give that corporation the right to take back the money as a small part of damages. The lawyers are stil building the case and a subpoena to see how much money he's made at Sony's expense is part of this case.
Yeah, but GeoHot didn't sell the hack. He freely distributed it. All the money he's received has been from people donating to help pay for his lawyer. How can you freeze someone's account when they didn't charge anything for the hack? He has made no money off of this. The donations are going right from his paypal account to his lawyer's fat wallets and court fees. And even if he does make money from this, it's not from the hack itself. So I still understand how they can do this. The guy didn't charge people for the hack.
What Sony should do (and i'm not endorsing this, just saying what I would do if I were them) is find out how many systems were hacked, how much money has been lost, and then sue GeoHot for that amount, plus sue the people who used the hack. His paypal account just has nothing to do with distributing the hack.