According to court documents obtained by garyopa  of website PSX-Scene, Sony has filed a slew of legal motions that implicate the well-publicized PSJailbreak device and related PS3 hacks such as PSGroove, PSFreedom, and OpenPSJailbreak.

The documents indicate that subpoenas have already been sent to domain name registry services and ISPs for websites involved in the sale and distribution of PSJailbreak devices, including “shoppsjailbreak.com” and “psjailbreak.com.”

Additionally, SCEA has filed a motion that requests permission to “serve similarly targeted subpoenas and depositions to any other third party who SCEA learns may be involved in the manufacture, distribution, or sale of the “PS Jailbreak” device.” This, according to the documents, includes open-source variants such as PSGroove, PSFreedom, and OpenPSJailbreak.

Similarly, a motion also contests that “SCEA has served DMCA “take down” notices to sites hosting this illicit software, but as yet has been unable to verify the identity of those behind its copying and distribution,” in reference to PSGroove and its variants.

A quick glance shows that several news sources were cited in the aforementioned court motions, including eXophase.com, CNet, BBC, and PCWorld. We’ll keep you posted on any breaking developments.

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