Ever since genius hacker George Geohot Hotz made the PS3 root key public, it opened the floodgates to homebrew mods of the console, which had hitherto been untouchable in terms of security. Soon enough, Geohot released a custom firmware that allowed homebrewing on the consoles. This was inevitably followed with the pirates exploiting the hack to enable pirated games on the PS3. The rest is history, as Sony ramped up with legal action against those involved in the hack, which then culminated into Sony confiscating Geohot's gear through a court order.
Now that it's done with the hackers, Sony has now trained its guns on you - yes you, the gamer; that is, if you are caught with your pants down trying to slink your custom firmware past Sony's all pervading, and very litigious, gaze. Sony has released a statement about Geohot and fail0verflow s hacks, which warns of irreversible PSN bans to those caught running pirated PS3 software. That means no more multiplayer and downloadable content if Sony finds you using a hacked firmware. Ever. Here's the full statement:
"Unauthorized circumvention devices for the PlayStation 3 system have been recently released by hackers. These devices permit the use of unauthorized or pirated software. Use of such devices or software violates the terms of the 'System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System' and the 'Terms of Services and User Agreement' for the PlayStation Network/Qriocity and its Community Code of Conduct provisions. Violation of the System Software Licence Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System invalidates the consumer guarantee for that system. In addition, copying or playing pirated software is a violation of International Copyright Laws. Consumers using circumvention devices or running unauthorized or pirated software will have access to the PlayStation Network and access to Qriocity services through PlayStation 3 system terminated permanently.
To avoid this, consumers must immediately cease use and remove all circumvention devices and delete all unauthorized or pirated software from their PlayStation 3 systems."
That's right, Sony wants you to revert to the original firmware and delete all your pirated games and the homebrew programs, which we presume aren't technically illegal, if you don't want to be bludgeoned with the banhammer.
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