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''SCEA v. Hotz'' was a lawsuit in the United States by Sony Computer Entertainment of America against George Hotz and associates of the group fail0verflow for jailbreaking and reverse engineering the PlayStation 3. ==Timeline== On January 11, 2011, Sony sued Hotz, Hector Martin Cantero, Sven Peter and Does 1 through 100, purportedly including members of fail0verflow〔 on 8 claims, including violation of the DMCA, computer fraud, and copyright infringement.〔(Sony follows up, officially sues Geohot and fail0verflow over PS3 jailbreak ). Nilay Patel, Engadget (2011-01-12). Retrieved on 2011-02-16.〕 The law firm used by Sony is Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.〔Lawyers: (Cahn ), (Gilliland ), (Smith ), (Gaudreau ), and (Bricker )〕 In response to the suit, Carnegie Mellon University professor David S. Touretzky mirrored Hotz's writings and issued a statement supporting that Hotz's publication is within his right to free speech. On January 27, 2011, Sony's request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) was granted by the US District Court for the Northern District of California. This forbade him from distributing the jailbreak, helping or encouraging others to jailbreak, and distributing information they've learned during the creation of the jailbreak. It also ordered him to turn over computers and storage media used in the creation of the jailbreak to Sony's lawyers.〔(Court grants Sony's temporary restraining order against Geohot, PS3 jailbreak still available everywhere ). Engadget (2011-01-27). Retrieved on 2011-02-16.〕 Professor Touretzky's mirror was voluntarily censored following issue of the TRO, but Hotz's writings and software have been mirrored elsewhere.〔(keys open doors ). Wdnqg3ehh3hvalpe.tor2web.org (2011-01-26). Retrieved on 2011-02-16.〕 On February 12, 2011, Hotz posted a rap video on his official YouTube page explaining his Sony lawsuit. On February 19, 2011, Hotz started a blog about the Sony lawsuit. On March 6, 2011, the court issued an approval that Sony's lawyers were allowed access to all the IP addresses of all the people who visited geohot's blog for the purposes of establishing jurisdiction. Sony said the server logs would demonstrate that many of those who downloaded Hotz’s hack reside in Northern California — thus making San Francisco a proper venue for the case. On April 11, 2011, it was revealed that Hotz and Sony had reached a settlement out of court. This included a permanent injunction against Hotz doing any more hacking work on any Sony products. to prevent any future firmwares from being decrypted. The claims (filed in United States district court for Northern California, San Francisco):〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=eff.org )〕 *Violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act () *Violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act () *Contributory copyright infringement () *Violating California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (§ 502) *Breach of Contract (related to the PlayStation Network User Agreement) *Tortious interference *Misappropriation *Trespass 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. v. Hotz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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