UPDATE: Sony was able to lift apparently all restrictions against it and LG was ordered to pay it substantial damages. More here. Sony and LG are set to go to court in Holland tomorrow over a court order apparently obtained last week by LG for the seizure of reportedly tens of thousands of PlayStation 3s. This… Continue reading LG vs Sony: court battle over PS3 seizures due tomorrow
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Analysis: the LG vs Sony PS3 lawsuit
The big news in the console world last week was LG obtaining a temporary ban on the importation of PlayStation 3s into Europe. I spoke with BBC Radio 4 about this issue (you can listen here at 42 mins if you’re keen!) and wrote a feature on Gamesindustry.biz, now reproduced below: SUMMARY This case is… Continue reading Analysis: the LG vs Sony PS3 lawsuit
Hacker jailbreaks PS3, pwned by Sony
Last week news emerged that a group of hackers, led by one George Hotz, have jailbroken the PS3 – in other words, they had successfully circumvented the security measures put in place by Sony to prevent users from running whatever programs they like on the PS3. This has caused shockwaves to say the least, particularly… Continue reading Hacker jailbreaks PS3, pwned by Sony
Sony brings landmark modchips lawsuit in Australia
Sony is bringing a potentially landmark lawsuit against a PS3 modchip seller over the legality of modchips in Australia. Most recently, Sony secured a temporary injunction against the seller, Ozmodchips.com, banning them from selling any modchips while the lawsuit proceeds. In this guest post, Melchor Raval comments on the lawsuit and what it could mean… Continue reading Sony brings landmark modchips lawsuit in Australia
Teen convicted of crashing PlayStation site in banhammer
In March this year we wrote about a Pennsylvania teenager who pleaded guilty to criminal offences over his hacking and crashing of a Playstation web site in 2008, which he did in revenge for being kicked out of a tournament for the PS2 game SOCOM US Navy Seals for using a cheat mod. Now, Nukezilla reports that the teenager has been… Continue reading Teen convicted of crashing PlayStation site in banhammer
Sony faces class action over Other OS removal
Gamesindustry.biz reports on a Californian class action against Sony Computer Entertainment following its recent removal of the Other OS functionality from the PlayStation 3. I talked to them about it here. Follow us at http://www.twitter.com/gamerlaw or subscribe to our weekly email newsletter here
Judge dismisses God of War copyright lawsuit against Sony
A US judge has rejected a lawsuit claiming that Sony’s God of War infringed copyright in a series of film scripts written by two Californian screenwriters. The screenwriters, Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Dath, claimed they had written two treatments and two screenplays concerning a Spartan attack on Athens and other events in ancient Greece, which they claimed were copied by… Continue reading Judge dismisses God of War copyright lawsuit against Sony