PS3 Hacking Trial Held Up By Jurisdiction Question

Questions over jurisdiction slowed down a trial brought by Sony against hacker George “Geohot” Hotz over his alleged publication of the root key necessary to run unapproved code on the PlayStation 3.

In a 20-minute hearing reported on by Wired, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston wondered aloud why the case was being held in her California court and not in Hotz’s home state of New Jersey, where he performed the hack.

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