Should Sony make jailbreaking legal?

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So what do you think, Should Sony make jailbreaking legal?

I think that they definitley should. The costumer who paid to OWN a playstation console should have the right to legally modify the console, and it should be legal to create a jailbreak in the first place.
 
They will never allow it due to the common reason that said modified device could be used for hacking and Sony hates hacking.
 
I feel it should be the government which make Jail breaking legal to jailbreak consoles, and console companies just follow the law which protects the consumer/buyer from being ripped off by scammers and companies. If companies don't follow the law, they risk being sued by the government, or consumer protection groups because companies broke the law.
 
Unlike the iPhone or other certain devices, it seems that the only reason one would possibly want to jailbreak their PS3 is to engage in illegal activity. Sure, people can do it just to hack online gameplay, but they spoil everyone's fun anyways.

Normally I'm pro-jailbreaking, but in the case of gaming consoles, I really see no issue with trying to deter the public from doing it.
 
I understand your point that the customer has bought the console, so he has some right over it but the product itself still belongs to Sony, and in no way would it be of benefit for them to allow jail breaking.

It would allow the encouragement of using their console as a foundation, from which numerous customization could be done. Basically, it's the equivalent of handing out the blue prints to your product to strangers, for them to then continue off your hard work. Although, on paper it would be great for those that just want the little tweak here and there but it could be abused drastically to the point that it would affect the companies bank balance at least a little, and no one likes to lose money
 
I agree with bsthebenster that it would be difficult for Sony to start allowing jailbreaking on their devices because it's like an open invitation to pirate the games as illegal digital content. I can't really think of much any other reason for jailbreaking a Playstation console as well, so I'd say that they are warranted in their decision not to allow it because it is within their rights and best interests to protect their business.
 
Of course not - why should they? I mean sure it works out nicely for you, but they receive exactly zero benefits for doing so. And more importantly they would bring a lot of unnecessary troubles upon themselves. It's honestly better for them if they maintain the course as it were. Also if they did do this - how long before Microsoft or Nintendo or Value or someone started something up in court because of PS4-aided piracy or whatever? Just isn't worth it.
 
I believe every consumer product should have the option to run any kind of unsigned code because I paid for the hardware, I can understand if a company wants to maintain their firmware and code copyrighted and secured, but at least have the option to run your own code. A gaming console is not only hacked to be used for piracy, there are many programmers who like to hack a console just to learn how to, to make games so they can practice game programming, and other useful apps that could take advantage of the device. For example, there is an app for the PS3 made by hackers that allows to run any kind of video format because the PS3 only supports .mp4 videos.
 
LightJeep said:
I believe every consumer product should have the option to run any kind of unsigned code because I paid for the hardware
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You paid for the hardware, but to use it as intended.

I paid for my car, it's intended to drive me from place to place. I can do that all I want with no problems. But there is trouble if I decide to drive it through a playground full of children, or even if I make the car go a little too fast.

Just because you bought something doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with it.
 
Well, Sony can't make anything legal or illegal. The courts do.

However yes, I think jailbreaking should be legal. There are plently of legit reasons to jailbreak your products...it's just that plently use it for pirating and other illegal means.
 
From the looks of it, Sony has reclaimed top dog spot in the console realm. I could understand someone who needs to play catch up going that route ala Android vs iOS, but in Sony's shoes I don't really see it as necessary. Not to mention it may compromise their blu-ray security features which moves beyond just console gaming and into their overall entertainment sector.
 
Annabell said:
Well, Sony can't make anything legal or illegal. The courts do.

However yes, I think jailbreaking should be legal. There are plently of legit reasons to jailbreak your products...it's just that plently use it for pirating and other illegal means.
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They can allow it on their systems though.
 
I think piracy from jail breaking is not really a big problem with the PS3-PS4 since not many people own Blu-Ray disc burners because of their high price of $80-200. A blank Blu-Ray disc can cost as much as $25 and up for a high quality 50GB disc. Downloading a single PS3-PS4 game from the internet could take many hours to days for most people with 5-10+ mbps connections since games could be 20-50GB in size.

Jailbreaking could be used to install third party apps which can play high quality music files like FLAC, uncompressed WAV files, and popular video file formats like Divx, and MKV.
 
No I think it shouldn't be legal. It's called jailbreak for a reason and that's because it's illegal. If you own a car, it doesn't mean that you can go ahead and crash it into another person's house. Jailbreaking not only affects the owner of the PlayStation but also the game developers.
 
Sony would never allow jailbreaking legal. Anything that potenially leads to piracy will be blocked out by Sony by any means possible.
 
bsthebenster said:
Unlike the iPhone or other certain devices, it seems that the only reason one would possibly want to jailbreak their PS3 is to engage in illegal activity. Sure, people can do it just to hack online gameplay, but they spoil everyone's fun anyways.

Normally I'm pro-jailbreaking, but in the case of gaming consoles, I really see no issue with trying to deter the public from doing it.
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I unfortunately agree with this. As much as I would love to jailbreak my PS3, admittedly the only reason would be to pirate games. Sony have a business to run and they are not going to allow for pirating to become more obtainable for the general public; it would be extremely idiotic for them to do this, from a financial point of view at least.
 
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