And what positive outcomes have come of Geohotz' work? Geohotz worked exclusively to enable piracy! Sorry, but it's true! Sony removed the Other OS install option because of Gehotz' work towards enabling piracy! Read his wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz) if you don't believe me.
The PS3 was a freer console for the masses before his work. His work enabled piracy, theft, and constitutes extortion. What part of his initial explanation of the PS3 root key divulgence don't you understand? Here it is:
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~geohot
props to fail0verflow for the asymmetric half
no donate link, just use this info wisely
i do not condone piracy
if you want your next console to be secure, get in touch with me. any of you 3.
it'd be fun to be on the other side.
...and this is a real self, hello world
although it's not NPDRM, so please wait to run...
shouts to the guys who did PSL1GHT
without you, I couldn't release this
first piece of homebrew you can run
put in service mode, put on usb stick, boot"
"i do not condone piracy" = I don't think you should use this for piracy
"if you want your next console to be secure, get in touch with me. any of you 3." = I know this shit I did will be used for piracy, that's why you 3 (Nintendo, MS, Sony) may want to consult me to avoid the massive piracy that will surely result due to my hacks in the future
Is this not, in a sense, extortion? Is he not willfully and knowingly enabling theft?
My point is that the PS3 was a more open platform before Geohotz arrived on the scene. It would be more open today if it weren't for his efforts, which are almost entirely in aid of piracy and theft. Please, name one thing that he has enabled that wasn't previously possible with an Other OS install that is not essentially just stealing. Please. Go for it. Tell me I'm wrong.
I'm just a guy that makes a living making software, Geohotz is a guy that is making a living by robbing the companies that pay me. Why should we grant him the glorified title of hacker? RMS is a hacker. Linus is a hacker. PG is a hacker. Carmack is a hacker.
The one major thing I know of that has come of this is that I can put linux on my ps3 again. I'm happy about that. I'd like to think he willfully and knowingly unlocked a piece of hardware for the masses knowing it would primarily be used for piracy plus lots of other cool things too.
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And what positive outcomes have come of Geohotz' work? Geohotz worked exclusively to enable piracy! Sorry, but it's true! Sony removed the Other OS install option because of Gehotz' work towards enabling piracy! Read his wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz) if you don't believe me.
The PS3 was a freer console for the masses before his work. His work enabled piracy, theft, and constitutes extortion. What part of his initial explanation of the PS3 root key divulgence don't you understand? Here it is:
" ~geohot
props to fail0verflow for the asymmetric half no donate link, just use this info wisely i do not condone piracy
if you want your next console to be secure, get in touch with me. any of you 3. it'd be fun to be on the other side.
...and this is a real self, hello world although it's not NPDRM, so please wait to run... shouts to the guys who did PSL1GHT without you, I couldn't release this
first piece of homebrew you can run put in service mode, put on usb stick, boot"
"i do not condone piracy" = I don't think you should use this for piracy
"if you want your next console to be secure, get in touch with me. any of you 3." = I know this shit I did will be used for piracy, that's why you 3 (Nintendo, MS, Sony) may want to consult me to avoid the massive piracy that will surely result due to my hacks in the future
Is this not, in a sense, extortion? Is he not willfully and knowingly enabling theft?
My point is that the PS3 was a more open platform before Geohotz arrived on the scene. It would be more open today if it weren't for his efforts, which are almost entirely in aid of piracy and theft. Please, name one thing that he has enabled that wasn't previously possible with an Other OS install that is not essentially just stealing. Please. Go for it. Tell me I'm wrong.
I'm just a guy that makes a living making software, Geohotz is a guy that is making a living by robbing the companies that pay me. Why should we grant him the glorified title of hacker? RMS is a hacker. Linus is a hacker. PG is a hacker. Carmack is a hacker.
Geohotz is a cracker.
The one major thing I know of that has come of this is that I can put linux on my ps3 again. I'm happy about that. I'd like to think he willfully and knowingly unlocked a piece of hardware for the masses knowing it would primarily be used for piracy plus lots of other cool things too.
PS3 jailbreaking enabled the Showtime media center developer to port the media player to the PS3: http://www.lonelycoder.com/hts/showtime_overview.html
It's much better than jumping through DLNA hoops.