Sony Settles PlayStation Hacking Lawsuit
Found on Wired on Sunday, 10 April 2011
Sony dropped its jailbreaking lawsuit against PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz on Monday in exchange for promises the New Jersey hacker would never again tinker with the game console or any Sony product, records show.
Riley Russell, Sony's general counsel, said in a statement that the console maker brought the litigation "to protect our intellectual property and our consumers."
Videogame consoles are still covered by the DMCA. Modding them can be either a civil or criminal offense.
There you go: you buy a product, but you don't own it. Also, Sony doesn't care at all about their consumers. They have launched lawsuits against them and installed rootkits on their computers. With a business strategy like this, it's better not to do any business with Sony.