Yes, you read that right, the war between geohot and Sony ended today when the 2 sides reached an understanding. For now, no one knows what exactly the agreement entails, but it seems that geohot must no longer distribute any kind of crack or exploit regarding Sony products on the Internet. geohot published a post on his blog in which he says that he will no longer buy any Sony product, so I assume that he is not too satisfied with the agreement or by agreement he is obliged not to buy anything produced by Sony. The agreement comes into force today and geohot escapes "pure fairy tale" without any kind of sanction from an American court.
It's hard to say if geohot will ever release a jailbreak solution for any kind of product considering the reaction from Sony, but I know that millions of iDevice owners still expect a lot from it. Soon geohot will publish on blog or more information about the process he went through.
Sony Computer Entertainment America (“SCEA”) and George Hotz (“Hotz”) today announced the settlement of the lawsuit filed by SCEA against Hotz in federal court in San Francisco, California. The parties reached an agreement in principle on March 31, 2011. As part of the settlement, Hotz consented to a permanent injunction.
Both parties expressed satisfaction that the litigation had been quickly resolved. "Sony is glad to put this litigation behind us," said Riley Russell, General Counsel for SCEA. "Our motivation for bringing this litigation was to protect our intellectual property and our consumers. We believe this settlement and the permanent injunction achieve this goal."
"It was never my intention to cause any users trouble or to make piracy easier," said Hotz, I'm happy to have the litigation behind me." Hotz was not involved in the recent attacks on Sony's internet services and websites.
In the action, SCEA accused Hotz of violating federal law by posting online information about the security system in the PlayStation 3 videogame console and software that SCEA claimed could be used to circumvent the security system in the console and allow the playing of pirated videogames. Hotz denies any wrongdoing on his part. Hotz's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction was still pending before the federal court in San Francisco but a preliminary injunction was issued requiring Hotz to take down the postings challenged by SCEA.
"We want our consumers to be able to enjoy our devices and products in a safe and fun environment and we want to protect the hard work of the talented engineers, artists, musicians and game designers who make PlayStation games and support the PlayStation Network," added Russell. "We appreciate Mr. Hotz's willingness to address the legal issues involved in this case and work with us to quickly bring this matter to an early resolution."
