squatingyeti
non-sanctioned troll
Here is the link to the groklaw breakdown of what has recently been happening:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110327185437805
All of it very interesting and turns the tables on Sony in some key areas. Of biggest interest is the "Abuse of Discovery" by Sony section. Of course, we should all know Hotz is terrible, avoided all discovery, and fled the country...according to Sony. As Scientology would put it, What are your crimes Sony?
Here is the full pdf link: http://www.groklaw.net/pdf2/SonyvHotz-117.pdf
EDITED and now BOLDED: for those crying no one would have a clue this is Hotz's legal answer to claims made by Sony. THIS IS FROM HOTZ'S ATTORNEY. IT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES CLAIMS MADE BY SONY. Again HOTZ'S ATTORNEY. This must all be invalidated because it is Hotz's attorney /sarcasm.
A very good read on groklaw! Also, should we now be able to ridicule everyone supporting Sony because their behavior is clearly an attempt to harass and thwart discovery from the defense, but they went on the PR campaign in the media against Hotz.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110327185437805
All of it very interesting and turns the tables on Sony in some key areas. Of biggest interest is the "Abuse of Discovery" by Sony section. Of course, we should all know Hotz is terrible, avoided all discovery, and fled the country...according to Sony. As Scientology would put it, What are your crimes Sony?
Here is the full pdf link: http://www.groklaw.net/pdf2/SonyvHotz-117.pdf
EDITED and now BOLDED: for those crying no one would have a clue this is Hotz's legal answer to claims made by Sony. THIS IS FROM HOTZ'S ATTORNEY. IT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES CLAIMS MADE BY SONY. Again HOTZ'S ATTORNEY. This must all be invalidated because it is Hotz's attorney /sarcasm.
It is also worth noting that SCEA has failed to proffer any PSN TOS that could be applicable to Mr. Hotz, even assuming everything SCEA has said is true, because the PSN TOS SCEA has proffered was created after Mr. Hotz purportedly created a PSN account.
Finally, SCEA has yet to offer any proof that Mr. Hotz accepted the PSN TOS. From the start of this case, SCEA has asserted dubious arguments, which are often contradictory, pertaining to the PSN. Initially, SCEA stated that Mr. Hotz had a PSN account under the name Geo1Hotz, which incidentally, does not include any information relating to Mr. Hotz. Dkt No. 31, Gilliland Dec. Ex. A. Nonetheless, SCEA argues that jurisdiction exists as a virtue of this account and points to the fact that Mr. Hotz frequently utilizes the username geohot, wholly ignoring that all other information indicates it has no connection with Mr. Hotz.
Now, SCEA claims that Mr. Hotz must have created a PSN account for the name blickmaniac because the serial number of one of the Playstation Computers that Mr. Hotz purchased-- including 3 Playstation Computers that were purchased used-- was used to register a PSN account. The serial number utilized by SCEA, however, is different from the serial number proffered by Mr. Hotz's attorney. Compare Law Dec., Ex. A, with Kellar Dec., Ex. L. Moreover, such information does not include any information relating to Mr. Hotz.3 The sole way SCEA attempts to demonstrate that blickmaniac is Mr. Hotz is an unauthenticated and hearsay blog posting where an individual attempts to sell an unlocked cell phone -- which is not unusual and major product retailers like Amazon.com sell.
3 Curiously, the exhibit proffered by SCEA regarding the purported blickmanic account indicates that there was some form of purchase or transaction relating to this account. Law Dec. Ex. A. Consistent with SCEA's general refusal to provide Mr. Hotz with its requested discovery responses, SCEA has not provided any information pertaining to this transaction to Mr. Hotz's counsel.
The produced business agreement has been modified to a shade of light grey. Because of the lightening of the file and the normal black text of the Bates stamps, I was unable to run optical character recognition software (OCR) on the file or any other file from SCEA that was produced in this form. Because the exhibit was marked by SCEAs counsel as Attorneys Eyes Only, it has been filed under seal.
In contrast, SCEA's document production failed to comply with the instructions to produce TIFF files and SCEA intentionally sabotaged its produced files to prevent the use of OCR software, disabling Mr. Hotz from searching for text therein. Kellar Dec. Ex. L (compare Bricker Dec. filed with Court with Bricker Dec. produced to Mr. Hotz). SCEA also propounded nine interrogatories on Mr. Hotz. Similarly, he responded to each one. Finally, SCEA demanded an inspection of Mr. Hotz's impounded hard drives and Mr. Hotz's PS3s. SCEA subsequently withdrew its request to inspect the impounded hard drives, but now has reasserted this request.
At a hearing with Judge Spero, SCEA said it needed to search Mr. Hotzs hard drives for a Software Developers Kit (SDK) because, they claimed, it contains information that SCEA is in California. Dkt. No. 93, 10-12. Judge Spero ordered the parties to meet and confer and submit a joint letter by March 16. Order Dkt. No. 96 3:16-18. SCEA refused to meet in person regarding the letter. Once Mr. Hotzs counsel discovered the SDK does not contain what SCEA stated, Mr. Hotz sought to bring this matter to the Courts attention in the joint letter. To prejudice Mr. Hotzs position, SCEA refused to timely provide its portion of the letter, preventing Mr. Hotz from rebutting its arguments. Dkt. 99. SCEAs bad faith acts caused the March 16 letter to be delayed. Id. SCEA is not in a position to vilify Mr. Hotz when it is SCEA that continues to proceed in bad faith.
Further, SCEA abuses the sealing process by filing documents under seal which have no business being sealed. SCEA seals periodicals and publicly accessible web pages, falsely designating such items as Confidential...SCEA is thwarting the openness of the Courts with its abusive sealing, yet in its latest filing, SCEA intentionally published Mr. Hotzs home address despite the fact it knows the massive media coverage this case receives
To put a cap on SCEAs bad faith acts, SCEA waited until the eve Mr. Hotzs reply brief was due to produce the most damning evidence of all: agreements between Sony Inc. and SCEA that eviscerate SCEAs position that Georges acts were aimed at SCEA. SCEA produced these documents well after it agreed to produce all discovery documents. SCEA cannot be permitted to pervert the discovery process in this way.
A very good read on groklaw! Also, should we now be able to ridicule everyone supporting Sony because their behavior is clearly an attempt to harass and thwart discovery from the defense, but they went on the PR campaign in the media against Hotz.