Sony Trying to Stop eBay Seller From Marketing ‘Jailbroken’ PS4 Consoles Online

Sony Interactive Entertainment is targeting an eBay seller for allegedly distributing “jailbroken” PS4s that play pirated games by “circumventing” copyright protections built into the consoles’ hard drives. Sony agents bought some of the PS4 consoles defendant Eric Scales sells under the eBay handle “blackcloak13" and "confirmed" they were “modified to enable the user to access and run certain ‘exploit’ software code that, when run on the PS4, circumvents technological protection measures,” said the complaint (in Pacer), filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Riverside, California. It seeks a Digital Millennium Copyright Act order permanently barring Scales from distributing the jailbroken PS4s. Scales also runs a website that advertises availability of jailbroken PS4s on eBay, said the complaint. We couldn't reach him for comment.