Do you own turrican, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by vettacossx
Did you even bother to check with who own's the image/game rights for image's/game engine's used (this aplies to sprite ripping too) for "LEGAl HOMEBREW", no and i bet it dident cross your mind either.
If you cant see why sony puts a stop to any ilegal software running on there systems then expect to see the psp die pretty quickly.
Right. So you just ban everyone who posts the word ISO and stick your fingers in your ears and pretend it doesn't exist. Even though it's been proven time and again in this thread that there are legitimate LEGAL benefits to DevHook's ISO loading feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaiser
So when the PSP is officially declared dead this time next year, not because of piracy, but because of a tiny, underwhelming software library and too much competition from the big home consoles and the DS, and they start pulling UMD games off the shelves because they just aren't selling - what do you think you're going to do with you obsolete Sony PSBrick?
The only thing I hate more than people who intentionally pirate current, instore games - are people who download them, and then run around like a saint claiming they don't and passsing judgement on others who do.
Giant bunch of hypocrites, the lot of you.
If it wasn't ok, it wouldn't be legal in the first place. There is nothing wrong with making A SINGLE backup of a UMD for personal use. Hell, many computer games include that in its EULA, specifically allowing the end user to creat ONE backup of the game, in the event that the CD should become damaged.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaiser
I suppose I didn't give that point much thought in the past. As the old saying goes, "You are who you keep." I guess sooner or later all this talk of ISOs, even if they are about software and not the ISOs themselves, would create enough hits on Yahoo when typing in 'PSP ISO' that pirates would eventually set up shop here.Quote:
Those loaders are legal sure enough, but we'd prefer not allow discussion or post news about them. We have many reasons for this rule. We don't want a community full of pirates and ISO loaders do far too much damage to the PSP. ISO loaders hurt the image of our site and they hurt the image of the PSP community as a whole (which is only trying to gain legitimacy). The coders behind them aren't doing anyone favours in the long run.
Since that is probably what would happen, I suppose the best course of action is to just stick to what you have done. It's worked well enough thus far.
But then again, software like DevHook, which has features that benefit the community should still have a place on the homepage. Simply keeping the fact that it can run ISOs underwraps would be sufficient enough to keep pirates at bay I believe.
First off, the PSP won't be dead. Sony would not pull the plug on the PSP, especially since its doing pretty well for Sony's first shot into the handheld market. Sure the DS is selling more, but think of the target audience for the DS. 7-16 year olds, I'd say.Quote:
Originally Posted by carpy
Given that audience its no surprise the DS is outselling the PSP in some countries. How many families out there with 3 or 4 children, who all need to have their own DS?
The benefits of the PSP surely don't warrant buying one for a 7 year old...
I hope for all of our sakes, you're right.Quote:
Originally Posted by F9zDark
We are guests on this site is it really so much to ask that we respect the rules of this site regardless if we agree with them or not? We all have the choice to go elsewhere or create our own sites if we choose to discuss whatever we want. However as a guest in these people's home I will respect their rules. I suppose if you went to a friends for dinner and they required you to take your shoes off at the door you'ld get all offended and rude and say "wtf I don't take my shoes off at the door in my own house why the hell should I take them off at yours?" Any reasonable and respectable person would respect their friends wishes while in their home. This place is no different, grow up children.
I respect their rules and I follow them as best I can.Quote:
Originally Posted by jwilds73
But this topic was initiated by a staff member, to discuss and debate the legality of the issues:
ISOs
Custom Firmware
I really don't see how 'we are being like children' by sharing our opinions when we have been asked to. Yeah there have been many posters in this topic that have acted childish. But don't brandish all of us as children because we wish to speak our mind, which for some of us, goes against the rules.
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you win.Quote:
Originally Posted by jwilds73
This topic was probably created for you all to discuss, and I would say that a large majority of you arnt exactly acting like children.Quote:
I respect their rules and I follow them as best I can.
But this topic was initiated by a staff member, to discuss and debate the legality of the issues:
ISOs
Custom Firmware
I really don't see how 'we are being like children' by sharing our opinions when we have been asked to. Yeah there have been many posters in this topic that have acted childish. But don't brandish all of us as children because we wish to speak our mind, which for some of us, goes against the rules.
A large sum of you seem to think that ISO's have a legit use, and it is possible that you do... however I would say that a much larger group of people are warezy ass monkeys who go around dling illegal stuff, wasting bandwith and killing the internet. It is these people that we are preventing from making a home in our site. The slightest mention of an ISO makes these people cream their pants and.. we at DCemu find the creaming of ones pants over illegal software to be disgusting.
This knowledge can surely be used for good, but sadly it can also be used for evil.. We find its best just to ban discussion of ISO's all together.
As for custom firmwares... it seems to me currently they are illegal... however the second they post modified sony files on our site is the second they get banned. Current meathods of hacked firmwares (to my knowledge) can be compared to the IPS patch of yesteryears rom hacks and translations.. these are perfectly legal.
this sucks big time >XP