Hotz has a permanent injuction against hacking Sony products, or even encouraging others to hack Sony products. Sony lost nothing in the settlement. I would say that they got the better end of the settlement.
There is a PDF on psx-scene detailing the settlement. Sony did not pay him anything.
Cartridges vs. disc media is irrelevant. Games also didn't cost as much to develop back then. My point is that games in the NES era released at $30, which is the equivalent of $60 games in 2011. Development costs have increased exponentially, but the price of games has remained constant (with inflation). Also, as noted above, some games back in the day released at upwards of $80 even back then.
Anonymous has accomplished absolutely nothing, so how have they "won"?
Fun fact: If you factor in the rate of inflation you will see that games are no more expensive today than they were 20 years ago.
That depends on how you look at it. You see someone who is wrong all the time (Pachter) is just as valuable an asset as someone who is right all the time, as long as you know that he is wrong all the time.
That is a complete fallacy. Everyone knows that 84% of statistics are made up on the spot.
I never stated otherwise.
By "continue to annoy Sony employees" do you mean "continue to harass their families and cost pizza restaurants money by placing fake orders"?
Why is asking for an IP list to establish jurisdiction wrong? Sony never asked for the ISP account information attached to the IP addresses. Without the account information an IP address is just a number, and in most cases a dynamic one at that.
Do you even realize that you give your IP address out to every website you visit? Do you really consider it an invasion of privacy for a company to have a number that is not even pointing to you?
So they acquire his home address through social engineering (a skill that pretty much anyone can learn) and what do they do with it? Frat boy fake pizza orders and prank calls. Color me impressed.
/s
Edit: Assuming any of that is actually true.
They are not overstepping their boundaries. They are seeking information through proper legal channels. If you disagree with the judge's decision that is fine, but there is nothing wrong with pursuing something through proper legal channels. They merely collected the IP addresses to prove jurisdiction. They did not collect any personal identifying information from those IP addresses. They just got a list of numbers, some of which originated in California.
As for worrying...
Yeah the "women are always portrayed with unrealistic bodies" argument is very short sighted. There are plenty of impossibly charming, roguish, perfect bodied men in games too.
As a man should I be offended about characters like Nathan Drake or any number of shirtless muscled male fighters in Soul Calibur?
Edit: Seriously though, I don't see anyone complaining about Chris Redfield's warrior outfit in RE5 (since Sheva was brought up in the a...
Attacking people for expressing a negative opinion about them would be in direct contrast to their stance on freedom of expression.
There is no "e" in "grammar".
So basically you are saying that the qualities you are looking for in a girlfriend are as follows:
1) Makes you lunch
2) Is loveable
3) Lets you play videogames all day
4) Pays the bills
It sounds to me like you want your girlfriend to be your mother, or perhaps vice versa.
I would give you 10 bubbles for that comment if I could.
Can you imagine the medical examiner having to explain that cause of death?
Can you point out one single thing that I stated in my comment that is untrue?
You have it all wrong. Hacking the PS3 is already a violation of the DMCA. Hotz failed to get an exception for the game consoles.
Considering that hacking game consoles will continue to remain illegal I would say Sony is the victor in this settlement. Hotz gets off easy if he plays nice (or if he doesn't get caught), and Sony retains control over it's platform.