Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. v. Hotz

Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc v. Hotz
CourtUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California
Full case name Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. v. George Hotz, Hector Martin Cantero, Sven Peter, and Does 1 through 100
StartedJanuary 11, 2011
Docket nos.3:11-cv-00167
Court membership
Judges sittingSusan Illston, Joseph C. Spero
Keywords
17:501 Copyright Infringement

SCEA v. Hotz was a lawsuit in the United States by Sony Computer Entertainment of America against George Hotz and associates of the group fail0verflow. It was in regards to jailbreaking and reverse engineering the PlayStation 3.