Also, two other very critical steps: Sony sought the right (and won it) to subpoena the IPs of everyone that had done something as viewed GeoHot's blog, watche

Also, two other very critical steps: Sony sought the right (and won it) to subpoena the IPs of everyone that had done something as viewed GeoHot's blog, watched YouTube, Twitter, donated via Paypal, etc [1]. Sony sought the right (and won) to search all of his computer equipment [2]. These are severely heavy-handed tactics. They wanted to embarrass and persecute him. They took this thing personal first. 1: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/geohot-site-unmasking/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/geohot-site-unmaski... 2: http://www.destructoid.com/ps3-hacker-geohot-must-surrender-computer-to-sony-193787.phtml http://www.destructoid.com/ps3-hacker-geohot-must-surrender-...