Sony had it coming

Sony sued a person for enabling people to do what they want with a product they’ve paid good money for (Anonymous: Lords of the Internet or Lord of the Flies?). Just because he enabled people to do something that can be used illegally doesn’t mean he’s condoning it. The fact that Sony sued him for doing so is outrageous, and that’s the point that Anonymous was making. The group saw a person being punished for providing people with information.

Mr Sumner, you also forget that Sony is not an innocent company. Several years back, it was dragged through the mud for putting rootkits on its audio CDs. That, and it also removed a crucial feature of the PS3: the ability to install Linux on it. It’s being sued by the people for that too, by the way.

It’s no wonder Sony attracted the attention of, as you call them, “pointy stick wielding power-mad kids”. To you, they may be just that but, to me, they're the only group willing to stand up and do something about big companies that try to make an example out of people like George Hotz – people who want to break the iron fist control that the creators of a product hold.

To me, Sony should have known better. And I bet that, in the future, it will think twice before dragging someone gutsy enough to do what George did into court.
Anonymous