Onlookers also guilty court quasi Sony get hacker site visitor IP

Sony's fury at cracking down on PS3 may spill over to netizens who have visited George Hotz's website. Federal Judge Joseph Spero recently ruled that Sony was allowed to access the user IP addresses of Geohot's personal website and its YouTube channel for nearly 26 months, as they were all suspected of searching for ways to crack PS3. Those who live in the Northern California area will be particularly concerned.　　That is to say, all users who have visited the Geohot site will be involved in the lawsuit. George Hotz will investigate the Web site that includes all geohot.com and YouTube accounts that have watched Hotz release of cracked video.　　Sony then added the account information on Hotz's microblog and Psx-scene website.　　Sony said they needed the information to understand what was going on in the California area to circumvent devices. The Electronic Frontier Foundation said Sony's crackdown was "too broad" and violated Hotz's freedom of speech. But Sony said Hotz agreed not to oppose Sony's request, as long as Sony narrowed its surveillance coverage.