hello ...
sorry for interrupting, but i still find it hard that some, which i even thought were mature enough to understand do come up with reasons even 12 year old kids would be ashamed of.... again it's not toward everyone ...
1st - GeoHotz didn't do something illegal according to law when he fiddled with the codes, but something against the TOS protected under other laws about protecting patent, copyright & against reverse engineering.
2nd - You always own the material, not the concept, the design or anything already filed by a company, an author or a publisher. Anyone not understanding this, i wish that some day you become an artist, an inventor or a publisher & see people ab-using your creations without your consent & where you don't get anything out of it or just see someone stealing your ideas to create variations that sell better than yours & for cheaper.
3rd - Jailbreaking some mobile phones is legal in some parts of the world, not everywhere & this has never been said to apply to bigger machines, like gaming consoles. if you have proof, please do post a link & i apologize.
4th - The knife vs gun analogy: Knife created not necessarily to commit murder, gun created mainly to kill! GeoHotz case: gun analogy applied, why!? : if he's a 'hacker' or 'researcher' he must know what can be done & even if it looks more to the knife analogy, he didn't release the code for homebrewers, he did so to show off & like any immature decision, caused chaos in some zones. he released it to the world with the intentions of the world being his storage media & have his names all over the media, well he succeeded but now ask those gamers who had to face hacked sessions if they are happy, ask the developers if they want to push up their work.
GeoHotz should give his PC but i'm not sure how this can really help SONY or any other companies having same problems. Legally, GeoHotz should be forced to penal servitude in the anti-hacking world & find way to counter attack those who are already using his job to commit a 'crime' against gamers.
KB is still our fav Virtual VP
... he is just human & to be human is to err !!! ... SONY should still be careful about social networking communications.
No one reads entirely the TOS, we also often go against them, but we are not forced to steal each & every game out there, spoil the gameplay of others, pester companies & think we can get away with it.
Those who think a platform is better that others, has no idea what gaming is & either can't afford the other ones or are just ignorant, real gamers know that each platform has something different & interesting to bring, so even if this isn't the debate & people can have an opinion, it is just stupid to state that sugar is sour to the world because i don't like it while the majority have a common opinion, i could say, i can't taste sweetness, will sound true & mature.
Now let's get back playing on our fav platforms, I play on PC & PS3 & absolutely loving both & i just hate people spoiling my gameplay & lame ignorant comments, that's my opinion, what's yours !?
cheers!