He had already stated that funds not needed for his case would be donated to the EFF.

Exactly. They're all about openness and interoperability.

I would, except the record stores around here charge $25.99 for CDs I can pre-order online for $12.99 and get free stuff for pre-ordering. I've also been buying a lot of vinyl lately. One particular album I bought on vinyl came with the CD of the album for free.

All I was saying was that in Sony's eyes, they're the same thing (or at least they're punished in the same way). You're doing something they never wanted, so they label you the same way regardless of intent. Maybe you meant to reply to parent? I don't care what Sony does with PSN. I made my decision to avoid PSN since April 1st, 2010.

Many have the same opinion. Sony, however, sees homebrew in the same light as piracy and cheating. Banned.

Coincidental

But they can prove it by comparing games sold per xbox 360 without taking into account the number of PS3s that were sold to people just looking for a cheaper blu-ray option who had no interest in gaming. There are also people like myself (I think we're a pretty small minority) who CAN'T buy new games now without upgrading firmware beyond 3.15 and losing Linux. My priorities pre-purchase were: blu-ray, media player, Linux, and "oh it can play games? neat!".

So he can't make available what's already been mirrored countless times all over the internet...Oh no :o

Do people actually still give credit card numbers over the phone? I can't think of one time in the last 8 years that I've had a credit card that I've ever given it out over the phone. And not out of fear, either. The situation has just never come up.

There's also a lot of content for children, which is why I subscribe (because I'm a parent...not because I'm a child :P)

IANAL, but "effective" within the context of the legal system doesn't mean what you think it means. In this case, effective means more like "in effect" rather than "sufficient".

If you read some of the discussion surrounding Sony's decision to remove Other OS functionality from the PS3, it seems as though there are many out there who think exactly that.

I can't see myself ever wearing or wanting something like that.

"Taste the rainbow" was the first thing that came to mind when I read this.