14 DAY TRIAL // Another PlayStation 3 hacker sued by Sony follows geohot's lead and plans to put up a strong legal fight against the company in Europe.
Alexander Egorenkov, better known in the PS3 hacking community as graf_chokolo, had his house in Germany raided last week because of a criminal complaint filed by Sony's European branch.
"I was sued by the state for spreading copyrighted SONY’s and PS3's stuff (criminal procedure) and by SONY for example for Sonic and games i asked from others to upload and other things (civil pocedure). So, sued twice. Police comfiscated my PC and all my PS3s," the hacker said, according to PS3Crunch.
However, like George Hotz, aka geohot, who is determined to fight the company in US, Egorenkov does not intend to go down easily and threatens Sony in defiance.
"They still do not get how my mind works. They just know me as a hacker, programmer. It’s the one side of medal, the other side, my personality, the person who stands behind graf_chokolo, they have no clue about him.
"They want to make an example of me, to show the other hackers what will happen to you if they mess with SONY, but they chose the wrong person. I’m not a spineless sheep they thought me to be. Take care SONY, because i could make an example of you," he writes.
The hacker also confirmed that he hired additional lawyers in preparation for the fight. The legal fees won't probably be too much of a problem.
As geohot proved recently, the gaming community is more than happy to lend a hand. The call for donations to his legal fund was quickly answered and the required money were gathered in just a couple of days.
Judging by comments on other websites, people are already asking where they can donate to support graf_chokolo's legal fight.
It will be interesting to see the outcome of these trials and ultimately if Sony's crackdown on hackers was a smart move or not. In US geohot will try to get a colurt ruling that hacking one's device for the purpose of running custom software is not a DMCA violation and is covered by the principles of fair use, just like iPhone jailbreaking.