Quote Originally Posted by shadowfox View Post
Y'know ... after he was initially ordered by the court not to do it, he went ahead, gave them the finger, and released more goodies. And all of this is now in the public domain, meaning that Sony's competition can now easily get a hold of it as well. I think any company has a right to want to protect that kind of information.
I might very well be wrong but isn't the 360 basically an open book for anyone interested in that sort of stuff as well? Also, isn't all that information also freely available to developers working on PS3 titles?

I guess what I'm trying to say is that this just boils down to the typical question of: if someone couldn't pirate something, would they buy it? Sony has always been a very protective company, they've always enforced DRM and they've never been a company that steps outside of their comfort-zone.

I just feel that Sony are fighting a paranoid battle against imaginary threats. Hackers took down the PSN, Playstations were still sold, Playstation users remained loyal and unconcerned and Playstation 3 games were still sold.

Also, I feel that innovation is a part of tinkering and screwing around with something. If some bright guy comes up with a really remarkable innovative use for a PS3 using custom firmware or whatever (hypothetically) Sony also stands to gain recognition and fame, it's another bonus point to why people might want to grab a PS3. While this might not be a perfect example, look at the Android operating system for cellphones and how it basically reigns in the technologically-minded who want to get as much out of it as possible. It also appeals to the average Joe because we know that chances are good that if we can think of some kind of app we want, someone else has probably put it together.

I just have so many thoughts about this entire fiasco and they all boil down to a firm belief that Sony is an irrationally insecure (paranoid) company stomping on seedlings with the potential to be money-trees thinking them weeds.

I just can't back the idea that intelligent people, who see more to a silly device; who want to get as much out of it as they can, should be jailed/litigated for it.

Yes, I understand the desire to protect your intellectual property but sometimes I just feel that it goes too far. Protect your intellectual property against other people's commercial gains, sure, but private use? I just can't.