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Sony settles lawsuit with George Hotz (Geohot)

April 12, 2011 By Kinjal Sangoi Leave a Comment


 

Looks like Geohot’s famous rap against Sony couldn’t really fire up the hacker. Sony and Geohot have now announced that they’ve reached a settlement in the lawsuit. The intrinsic details of the lawsuit remain under wraps but Hotz has agreed to a permanent injunction.

Hotz had posted security system of the console online and allowed users to jailbreak the firmware, which in turn allowed to play pirated games.

[Via PSBlog]

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