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Sony Threatens Mass Bans for PS3 Pirates

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The recent “LV0” PS3 key leak rapidly led to the PS3 being cracked and a literal “free-for-all” return of full scale piracy to the platform – a situation Sony has chosen to tackle by threatening evil custom firmware users with a ban if they do not delete the wicked software from their consoles.

The missive:

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Given that it is taken as common sense amongst pirates never to connect their hacked consoles to the PSN, the effectiveness of Sony’s countermeasure has been widely questioned – though with the PS4 expected soon it may be too late for them to savour the victory in any case.

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