Organisation
organisation:sony
Company targeted in Eijah’s account of the DRM circumvention and later mentioned as not pursuing him.
Company targeted in Eijah’s account of the DRM circumvention and later mentioned as not pursuing him.
“you’ve spent two weeks deciding you’re going to literally fuck over Sony and fuck over AACS”
“Sony never came after me.”
Company mentioned in the account of legal action concerning George Hotz’s PlayStation 3 reverse-engineering work.
“Sony actually sued him for doing it”
Organisation listed among the websites attacked during the AntiSec activity described in the episode.
“They hacked into a ton of websites including Sony”
Video-game and electronics company discussed in connection with PlayStation systems, legal action, and the PlayStation Mini.
“Sony came in and threatened him with legal action”
“Sony came out with this little PlayStation Mini”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | INVOLVES | HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release | Explicit | 16 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Operation AntiSec | Explicit | 78 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | George Hotz | Explicit | 136 |
HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release INVOLVES Sony
The release was expected to damage movie distributors such as Sony, and Eijah says he wanted to affect Sony.
Explicit Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 16 Details
“it would likely damage movie distributors like Sony, which is what he wanted”
Operation AntiSec INVOLVES Sony
Jack says LulzSec's Operation AntiSec hacked Sony's websites.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 78 Details
“They hacked into a ton of websites including Sony”
George Hotz ASSOCIATED_WITH Sony
Sony pursued legal action against George Hotz after he publicly posted the PlayStation 3 root key.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Gary Bowser EP 136 Details
“Sony cracked down hard. They went after geohot”