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Sony Wins Injunction Against PS3 Jailbreak USBs |
August 30, 2010, 1:02 pm Posted by: alex |
  Sony has won an injunction to prevent the sale of USB cracking sticks that allow users to play pirated games on their PS3s.
It was starting to look like the PS3 might never be cracked. Though its rivals from Nintendo and Microsoft were cracked a long time ago, there had been little success when it came to hacking the PS3. However, last week, Australia retailer Oz ModChips reported that they had gotten in a shipment of USB sticks from China dubbed PS Jailbreak USBs. The maker said these USB sticks contained software that could crack the console and Oz ModChips posted a video of the process on YouTube to prove that the sticks actually did what the manufacturer claimed.
Fast forward a week and Sony had yet to make a statement about the availability of PS Jailbreak. Sure, there was talk that the company could ban users logging on with jailbroken consoles, but the company never confirmed that it would be doing so. However, though Sony was quiet about the whole affair for several days, it seems the company has been busy behind the scenes, filing injunctions against the retailers selling the USB sticks.
PS3 Hax reports that Oz ModChips and Quantronics have both been ordered not to sell or distribute PS Jailbreak USB sticks as part of an injunction awarded to Sony by the Federal Court of Australia. This only affects retailers in Australia and is just a temporary injunction effective until August 31 – Sony has until this date to make its case for a permanent ban on PS Jailbreak USBs.
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Sources: TomsHardware |
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