Sony Issue Cease and Desist Order For Devhook

[wraggster]

The Japanese Site which hosts the Devhook application have been slapped with a Cease and Desist Order over the Devhook app which lets users use different firmware on their PSP, (This site only EVER linked to the UMD versions of Devhook unlike other sites that linked to the ISO Version).

Heres what Ookm posted on his site:

Reboot_1.50.bin is the copyrighted material by SONY, that is mixed with DevHook0.43fix.
Warning from SCE to those who up-load DevHook0.43fix comes.
Moreover, please annul it at once when downloaded 0.43fix is preserved at hand, and it uses it.
Not seeing this knows and there is a possibility to use, too.
Please inform me of this when there is an owner in surroundings.
Moreover, the main body of DevHook and the relation file of all versions were deleted from this site.
As a result, opening DevHook on this site to the public is completely stopped

Does this mean Sony are to go after all sites hosting the ISO version of Devhook, well i can see it happening, im also concerned about the UMD version, it is legal because it doesnt run ISOs but we will have to see.

What is apparent is that some members of the Homebrew Scene by posting the ISO version have helped Sony strike a blow at thier own sites, all for a few extra hits.

Got a Comment, then lets have discussion on this

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[acn010]

oh god, thats big.
D:

[juliusceasar]

Oh dear, perhaps a new version that doesn't use copyrighted material may surface.

[sappo]

They only waited for this.

Devhook rulez Sony $uX.

[motz]

Maybe if DevHook didn't have a built in ISO loader, Sony wouldn't have been so strict on this.

[JesusXP]

Hey! I submitted this...:P

[splodger15]

Maybe if DevHook didn't have a built in ISO loader, Sony wouldn't have been so strict on this.

do all devhooks have a built in iso loader

[JesusXP]

I believe there are two versions, a legal, UMD version, and a hacked ISO version... correct me if I'm wrong..

however I've never used either

[Uruz 6]

I think it's only a matter of time before sony moves against the umd version too;
I know that without the ISO loader it should be legal but still Devhook is a serious threat to their we'll-include-a-psx-emu-in-the-next-firmware-and-everyone will-upgrade plan.

[jwilds73]

They can still make this program as long as they don't distributed Sony's copyrighted files with it. It's not illegal to write a program that performs this function (using it may not be) they just can't redistribute Sony's OS with it.