George "Geohot" Hotz, the high-profile hacker being sued by Sony for jailbreaking a PlayStation 3, said he has raised enough money through donations to cover his ongoing legal expenses.
"Thank you so so much for all of your help, things are looking up money wise," Hotz wrote in a blog post on Monday. "Expect to see a few more lawyers on my responses! I have enough to cover my legal fees for the time being."
Hotz, with his lawyers' permission, set up a platform to collect donations. He stopped collecting on Monday saying he had received enough money for "a few more lawyers."
"For now, the best thing you can do is spread the word. Let people know how Sony treats customers," he wrote in his blog.
Ars Technica contacted Hotz's lawyer and confirmed the legal defense fund was indeed real. Ars also discovered a YouTube video of Hotz angrily rapping about Sony; check it out below.
Sony filed a lawsuit against Hotz in January for hacking a Sony PS3 and posting his jailbreaking technique online, along with links to let others do the same. In January, a federal judge ordered Hotz to hand over his computers as part of a temporary restraining order issued last month.
Lawyers representing Hotz argue that he merely hacked the console to "re-enable" features Sony had removed.