Thread: How the Tech Parade Passed Sony By - ?the end of Sony eReaders, the end of Sony?
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Old 04-18-2012, 07:39 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by SeaKing View Post
Who did they sue? The customers? The people providing mods or instructions for same?
What happened was the PS3 was originally promoted as an "entertainment computer" that hackers could program for. Over time, Sony removed the ability to boot alternate Operating Systems and run homebrew software. To prevent piracy. (of course!)
Within months, the encryption was cracked and they sued.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...s-ps3-lawsuit/

http://www.ehow.com/info_10069945_ps...-used-for.html

Other hackers (anonymous, Lulzsec, etc) got ticked and decided to "retaliate" by cracking pretty much all Sony networks and stealing user data and generally raising heck all over. It cost Sony a lot of bad publicity and even more money for the way they mis-handled the whole affair.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/22612...rk_hacked.html

The whole mess lasted over a month.
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