Yogarine

Could it be that he read my blogpost about the PSP legal status? (http://yogarine.net/2007/02/psp-homebrew-legal-status.html) :P

Anyway, I say he should release the source code of his current firmware under GPLv3 to make it easier for others to continue his work.

If he releases the source code for 3.40 OE-A under GPL then Sony can't do anything about that... Somehow people tend to think that it's easier to be sued if you make your homebrew open source, while it actually makes it harder for others to sue you. Unless you're actually stealing copyrighted code. (Which Dark_Alex did NOT)

Will there be a Linux build this time? ;-)

Why didn't they just develop it for PS3? :-(

"Your flawed evidence indicting Lik-Sang basically revolves around Lik-Sang's unwillingness to fight in court and lack of bowing to Sony's demands. Simply because a company demands you stop doing something doesn't inherently make it wrong - it's foolish to believe otherwise. Secondly, history has proven repeatedly (and continues to) that in a courtroom, the wealthier side wins (i.e., O.J. Simpson). It's highly likely that even assuming Lik-Sang could afford the initial litigation, there is absolutely no chance they could win with Sony through attrition, which is exactly what would happen. If anything, Lik-Sang probably foresaw the end result of a futile campaign and quit while they were ahead."

@NoHitHair
In response to that last sentence: So why didn't Lik-Sang just stop selling PSP's instead of killing their business? After all, all that Sony asked was for Lik-Sang to not sell their PSP's to Europe. If Lik-Sang would've just followed that advice, even if they don't agree, there wouldn't have been a lawsuit in the first place. (And in the meanwhile Lik-Sang could've been friendly with Sony, explain the situation and Sony might have even allowed Lik-Sang to sell PSP's to Europe after all...)

I didn't say that Sony wouldn't have won this Lawsuit if Lik-Sang would've showed up at court... I'm also not talking about who's right or wrong... But if you would've at least read my post properly, you would've know that I'm *only* saying that SONY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LIK-SANG CLOSING THEIR BUSINESS. Period.

It's not like Lik-Sang ONLY sell's PSP's ya know... And Sony hardware sales give *very* little net income anyway. Lik-Sang would've easily survived even if they would've stopped selling PSP's. Closing your well-selling shop just because you think a Sony is *wrong* is a very bad business decision if you ask me. Even if Sony's acting like a asshole, it's just not a good reason to close their shop.

Ohh and btw Lik-Sang broke their Privacy Policy by placing the names of the Sony director's on their page. That's about as low down as you can get. (And if I were one of those director's I'd sue them for doing that.)

Face it, Lik-Sang did all this to try and hurt Sony's image.

Could everyone please stop blaming Sony for putting Lik-Sang out of business...? If anyone did only the slightest effort to investigate the Sony - Lik-Sang case they would know that:

1.) Lik-Sang hadn't paid Sony anything yet. (And it's the question if they even could have been forced to, since they operate in Hong-Kong, and Hong-Kong no longer is British territory.
2.) Lik-Sang didn't defend it's case in court (so also didn't incur any fees for that)
3.) Sony must have sent various cease and desist letters before sueing them in the first place. (Which they propably ignored.)

Lik-Sang had plenty of better options, outside of closing their shop:
A.) After the first CaD letter they could just have given in and stopped selling the PSP to other Europe.
B.) They could've contacted Sony to try and work out some kind of agreement.
C.) Even after the lawsuit, they could've just stopped selling PSP's to other regions!

So, in the end, Lik-Sang's decision to close down was just to give Sony a bad rep, and all your Lik-Sang fanboys are falling for it. It is possible that they actually were forced out of business, but rather because of their own finances or other factors. But trust me, Sony really can't be blamed for anything.

Now with the launch of the PS3 and Wii, Lik-Sang has made a REALLY bad business decision. Everyone in the world was probably planning on buying a Wii or PS3 through Lik-Sang. (I know I was...) That's a lot of money they're missing out on there.

But don't worry fanboy's, I'm sure Lik-Sang will be back some day... Perhaps not as "Lik-Sang" but they will be back.

Anyway, STOP BLAMING SONY FOR PUTTING LIK-SANG OUT OF BUSINESS: SONY DIDNT RECEIVE ONE PENNY FROM LIK-SANG, LIK-SANG DIDN'T SHOW UP ON COURT, LIK-SANG PROBABLY IGNORED MULTIPLE CEASE AND DESIST LETTERS, IT WAS LIK-SANGS OWN STUPID DECISION!

Well, I hope that clears everything up.

Could everyone please stop blaming Sony for putting Lik-Sang out of business...? If anyone did only the slightest effort to investigate the Sony - Lik-Sang case they would know that:

1.) Lik-Sang hadn't paid Sony anything yet. (And it's the question if they even could have been forced to, since they operate in Hong-Kong, and Hong-Kong no longer is British territory.
2.) Lik-Sang didn't defend it's case in court (so also didn't incur any fees for that)
3.) Sony must have sent various cease and desist letters before sueing them in the first place. (Which they propably didn't respond.)

So if Lik-Sang had plenty of better options, outside of closing their shop.
A.) After the first CaD letter they could just have given in and stop selling the PSP to other regions.
B.) They could've contacted Sony to try and work out some kind of agreement.
C.) Even after the lawsuit, they could've just stopped selling PSP's to other regions!

So, in the end, Lik-Sang decision to close down was just to harm Sony. It is possible that they actually were forced out of business, but rather because of their own finances or other factors. But trust me, Sony really can't be blamed for anything.

Now with the launch of the PS3 and Wii, Lik-Sang has made a REALLY bad business decision. Everyone in the world was probably planning on buying a Wii or PS3 through Lik-Sang. (I know I was...) That's a lot of money they're missing out on there.

Anyway, STOP BLAMING SONY FOR PUTTIN LIK-SANG OUT OF BUSINESS: SONY DIDNT RECEIVE ONE PENNY FROM LIK-SANG, LIK-SANG DIDN'T SHOW UP ON COURT, LIK-SANG IGNORED CEASE AND DESIST LETTERS, IT WAS LIK-SANGS OWN STUPID DECISION!

Well, I hope that clears everything up.

I can't believe Monkey Island is not on that list! :O

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