Sony seems to be embroiled in way too many legal tussles nowadays. On one hand, it is fighting patent battle against LG Corp. and has
reportedly got its PlayStation 3 shipment seized by Dutch customs. On the other hand, it had a little reprieve in its fight against formidable hacker GeoHot.
A US magistrate has ruled that Sony can lawfully access the identities aka IPs of the visitors who accessed GeoHot's website between January, 2009 and now. The court has ordered the hosting company to submit such data to Sony. It sounds A-Ok till now, but things got a bit ridiculous when we found that even Google and Twitter has been asked to provide such information to Sony. This information will include the identifying information about the users who watched GeoHot's video on YouTube or commented on it. Now, we are kind of regretting enjoying GeoHot's Rap song about Sony.
If you think that the court ruling is a tad too excessive, then you are not alone. The court decision has already met with its fair share of criticism. The 21 year old hacker is already well known for his iOS exploits, however his tryst with Sony has landed him in the hot soup. The hacking whizkid had to start a donation program for funding his legal battle against Sony and the fund had to be shut down quite early due to the overwhelming response.
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