In the ongoing pre-litigation litigation about the actual litigation jurisdiction, accused PS3 hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz’s legal squad has submitted that Hotz had no idea Sony Computer Entertainment of America existed, and could not therefore have known that – should it come to litigation of any kind – he’d be tried in court in California, and not his home state of New Jersey.
“When one purchases a Playstation Computer and looks at its outer box, it has plastered on numerous places that it is a product of Sony Japan and all rights belong to Sony Japan. It only references Sony Japan—not SCEA,” says Team Hotz. “When one takes the Playstation Computer out of its box and inspects it, it states it is a product of Sony Japan and all rights belong to Sony Japan. It does not reference California. When one installs the Playstation Computer firmware update that Mr. Hotz allegedly circumvented, which can legally be obtained through the internet as Mr. Hotz did, upon installation, it only refers to Sony Japan.”
None of this actually has anything to do with resolving the allegation that Hotz hacked the PS3 (etc.). Instead, they’re arguing about where to do that. It could go on a while.
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