There are a couple of interesting developments in the case brought by Sony against George Hotz, one of the hackers who helped jailbreak the Playstation 3.

The first development is that a judge has allowed a subpoena to be issued to Geohot’s webhost, revealing the IP addresses of anyone who has visited Geohot’s website (Geohot is the online pseudonym for George Hotz – I’m sure you can figure out it’s origins) since January 2009.   In addition, subpoenas have been issued to YouTube and Twitter for information relating to George Hotz on those sites as well.

The latest development is that now George Hotz’s Paypal records can also be accessed, as Sony will attempt to use this information to show that California has jurisdiction in this case, rather than New Jersey, where Hotz resides.

What do you think?  Is the magistrate judge in this case overstepping his bounds, or does Sony have a right to dig up all the dirt they can on this hacker?

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