Thursday, February 10, 2011

Sony calls for YouTube to identify the perpetrators of a video to unlock PS3

Sony calls for the courts to YouTube that will provide data of the authors and supporters of a video on how to unlock PlayStation3 console. The petition, published by Wired, Sony claim to Google, owner of the video portal, data related to a video entitled Jail broken PS3 Homebrew wint 3.55 has been posted on YouTube but its access is retringido.

Sony claims that the information and documents needed to identify those who have access to this private video. Among these documents include the IP address of those who have posted comments and records of Internet users acting under a pseudonym and all comments that have been published about this video.

Sony's battle against the release of the console (jailbreak) is enormous. Sony has won a court victory against GeoHot who published a release of the PlayStation3 console. A San Francisco judge has ordered the owner of the site to remove any information on systems of "piracy" of the console.

The 21 year old behind GeoHot shall deliver the supplies that have related with the above tool to Sony. In its application, Sony had invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that prohibits the release of the tools to protect a system. However, this principle was qualified last year by the U.S.

Congress recognizing the impasse in the case that used to use other software on the device not provided by the manufacturer, if it were not pirated copies, or to facilitate interoperability . Sony has opened a broad legal battle against those who disrupt the operation of your console. In Spain seeks a USB device distributors PSJailbreak release of the PlayStation 3.

Recently, the court overturned the injunction prohibiting the sale made in September. Advocates argued that the accused firm PSJailbreak is not intended nor is their main objective to allow pirated game titles but the console looks to other features that Sony itself had joined the same and then retired, as the use of Linux.

Sony claims that these resources are used basically to play pirated copies. On the other hand, a shocking event has caused the publication in Twitter an unlock code from the console. The 40 digits of it were published in Twitter account Travis Marr, the network known as @ exive. The code is sent to the account of Kevin Butler, a spokesman for Sony dummy run by the marketing department of the company.

Those responsible for the bill believed it was vital for a naval battle game and reproduced it in the account maintained by Sony. After noticing the mistake, it withdrew.

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