The saga of George “geohot” Hotz continues, hurdling deeper into absurdity with each growing unit of acceleration. He fought the law and lost – a judge demanded he hand over his PS3-hack relevant hard drives. His answer? I’m out, bitches.
According to a court document filed by Sony in its noble, interminable battle to prevent people from altering their own PlayStations,
Hotz had deliberately removed integral components of his impounded hard drives prior to delivering them to a third party neutral and…Hotz is now in South America, an excuse for why he will not immediately provide the components of his hard drives as requested by the neutral. Hotz’s attempts to dodge this Court’s authority raise very serious questions.
That tricky dog! South America, by our estimation, is a pretty large continent, so it’ll be tough for Sony’s legal goons to track him down if that’s the most specific idea they have of his whereabouts. Will geohot return to the US? Has he been signed to a Peruvian rap label? Is he currently lying in a tent deep in Patagonia, hacking away at a PS3 off a diesel generator? Is he sipping a pina colada on the beaches of Rio?
Fly away, geohot – fly far, and be free! [VGHQ via Ubergizmo]
Mark Giles
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 8:45 AMHe’s gone on -holiday-.
What’s the point of fleeing a civil case? srsly.
wsDK_II
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 8:47 AMThis guy is another hero, like Julian Assange – more and more people are standing up for what is right!
Stumpy
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 10:47 AMAssange is NOT a hero. Way too many ignorant people in this world.
Christian
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 1:40 PMAssange = FAIL
JAck
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 11:45 AM^ @Stumpy I guess we will at you to that list too
Will Jones
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 11:53 AMWhat a winner.
GG
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 4:10 PM“Hero”, “winner”, “Loser” are all just terms used for usualy mere moments in the entire life of an individual. Assange might be a hero for showing the lies and other bad things certain governements did for some people but he might be seen as a traitor or a spy for others. All depends as well how powerfull the other side is and how pissed off you make them. The more powerfull the more you have to watch out that you have nothing in your life they can take you on.
fossip
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 5:23 PMI buy a PC — I can modify it — I buy a car — I can modify it.
I could keep going, but my point is simple.
they have chips and so called intellectual property involved.
So why cant I modify MY game console.
I have kept this short, think about it