Sony, the evil company that persecutes people who seek to do what they wish with the hardware they legally own*, has gotten what it deserves. Those who support it with their dollars have suffered too. I can’t say I really feel sorry for anyone involved. It should have been clear after Sony’s behavior during the Hotz affair that entertainment dollars would be better spend on Xboxes and Wiis.
Although the attack on Sony has not been credibly connected to Sony’s effort to ruin Hotz’s life, it seems possible that the two are related. No matter either way; karma is as karma does.
Sony is like the Apple of gaming systems, but a million times more vindictive.
*I should add as a disclaimer that I’m afraid of Sony’s suing me for libel, so everything I said above is false; Sony is an awesome company that has never persecuted anyone for how they tried to use their own hardware. Sony never tried to ruin anyone’s life; they just wanted justice**.
**And they got it.
Well, as much as one can deride Sony for their fall, I feel the lawsuit against them is ill-founded. On the one hand they deserve to pay whatever the leechal, oops I mean “legal” system can extract. But it’s a lot like suing Brinks because some thugs shot their drivers, blew up their truck, and took the money. Clearly Sony’s protection against hackers was inadequate. Just as clearly, but which seems to be lost in the big picture, is that evil people broke into a network and stole information. This hurts not only Sony but millions of others. Sony is but one victim among many. They can and will pay. But their payments will not likely amount to much for the victims of identity theft and other crimes. The lawyers, on the other hand, will be buying gold plated toilets.