Sony steps in, takes Datel to court over Lite Blue Tool

Y’know what they say… play with fire… and you get burned! Datel has just revealed that Sony is taking legal action against their service mode battery that advertised itself as a PSP-3000 hacking tool. Heh. Surprised much? This is following news of Datel’s pulling out of the battery – the Lite Blue Tool – and changing its product description.

Datel has just revealed that Sony is taking legal action against their service mode battery that advertised itself as a PSP-3000 hacking tool. This is following news of Datel’s pulling out of the battery – the Lite Blue Tool – and changing its product description.

Actual specifics of the court case weren’t revealed, however, this is the statement issued by Datel to PortableVideoGamer, in response to a query about why the orders for the battery haven’t arrived yet:

Due to legal action by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe we are currently not able to fulfil orders for the Lite Blue Tool Battery. Any orders received for this product have not been processed and no charges have been made. We will inform customers about availability of this product when this situation has been resolved.

Current speculation over why Sony’s taking legal action against Datel holds that they’re building the case on the grounds that Datel is using proprietary source code from Sony (i.e. copyright infringement). Supposedly, it’s this code that’s used on the Lite Blue Tool that allows the “unlocking” of the PSP-3000. If Sony is now building their case on it, they could potentially say that Datel is infringing on their copyright because of their using of the software encryption key.

Thanks to Muffinly Bliss for the heads up!

• Datel’s Lite Blue Tool gets name change, deletes PSP-3000 features
• PSP 3000 hacked. By Datel.

Via PortableVideoGamer