Recent content by Firestorm65

I think the real problem is it isn't easy to tell who owns what when you buy anything these days. I have no problem with anyone on this thread, I just got way to worked up with what I feel is the stupidity of the law, not any posters.

Unless EULA's are somehow a super-special form of contract, you can't force a client to renegotiate after the contract has been formed. The EULA is only necessary if you wish to *continue* receiving support from Sony. Not agree absolves them of that original promise. Because they reserved the...

They don't own the freaking silicon. I know you believe you're right. I know I believe you're wrong. Neither of us is experts so perhaps we leave it as unresolved and change the topic to why on earth you would support renting your electronics. Next step is SONY comes around to your door two...

"To the fullest extent permitted by law" this says that everything that follows is just fairy tales and wishes. You can't tell me you honestly believe the law says you can't install linux on a MAC because Apple says so? The EXACT SAME THING.

I concede defeat. I think the laws as they stand are stupid, my reading of the complaint, license, law, etc would lead me to rule no law was broken. However Sony is going to fight it anyway, and since I have no real qualms with you, let's just hope they DON'T say you don't own what you buy just...

Sony doesn't own linux. They can't exclude it from their system by saying you can't use their software except on Y terms. The software we are talking about is NOT the software owned by Sony. Sony just has a stake because it involves their hardware and they *feel* entitled even if they aren't.

While wikipedia is not the end-all, it is a good portal to what I was searching for. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license_agreement I follow this as an enthusiast not a career, so I admit I didn't know how split the decision is. Essentially it has been ruled both ways: some are, some...

Because this entire lawsuit is about hardware. I feel you are the one ignoring that. The guys found a HARDWARE chip that was impeding putting their own software on, and circumvented it through reverse-engineering. To say this in not a hardware case is to misconstrue what actually occurred...

You are talking about software programs in that case, we are talking about physical consoles running code Sony didn't provide. There is no such thing as a EULA for purchased HARDWARE. Again, the EULA is for SONY SOFTWARE that is provided with the console. I don't even see how it's broken...

A note to all alarmists. The Wii, XBOX360, iPhone, android, and countless other platforms have all been opened up to piracy. That has not stopped any of them from being profitable. Only Sony claims the sky is falling and developers will leave forever if 1% of the people who pirate of the 1%...

I must return to the fact that EULA's are not, in fact, a legal contract unless upheld by the court. And the courts have ruled again and again that software control does NOT extend to hardware. Apple and MS and a thousand other companies wish it were so but it's not the law. However, if Sony...

DRM became mainstream when the courts ruled it was not illegal to make a copy of a record or tape you alread bought onto a VCR, DVD, or CD. Since then companies have been trying to make legal management of what you already bought harder than buying a second copy because of the unnecessary junk...

I'm not going to quote to reply, but notice how there are a lot of "for personal use" and "to the limits of the law"? Also note termination voids warranty and PSN access, but is not, in of itself, a crime. They reserve the right to sue you if you agree to it, but you didn't sign this if you...

Do a hard reset on a PS3, or buy a new one from the store with cash. Do you have to agree to anything to turn it on? Nope. Breech of contract from the end user absolves Sony's agreement to provide access to the PSN and warranty. It is NOT a criminal offense of the end user.

Last I checked the XBOX is selling just fine. And the wii. And their games too. Both are cracked wide open for years. Sony advertised themselves the ability to run Linux, and then they took it away, because they could apparently. They lost a lawsuit for that and had to settle. Stop the...