Homebrew Isnt About Warez

[akuma2000]

I don't support piracy but I do use isos. I have three games that I bought and I copied them and use the isos on my chip. I do this for a number of reasons like load times, battery life, and also so I don't have to carry around all the discs. The latest devhook app is nice for me as I have been wanting to try the web browser and the other stuff the newer firmware has. It has also allowed me the oppertunity to buy some new games that I have been wanting to get but did not want to loose my homebrew. So really at least in my case the devhook program/iso loader is going to make sony some money by allowing me to get new games and keep my homebrew. This is probably the case with others too.

[Accordion]

sure, legal ISO use
i believe you

even if you copy your own UMD to memory stick it is breaching the copyright laws of intended use
by buying a UMD, you do not own the UMD, you own the right to use it as intended by the producer. copying the game to memory stick is not the intended use.
all ISO use is illegal and is killing both homebrew and the psp

[nexus68]

sure, legal ISO use
i believe you

even if you copy your own UMD to memory stick it is breaching the copyright laws of intended use
by buying a UMD, you do not own the UMD, you own the right to use it as intended by the producer. copying the game to memory stick is not the intended use.
all ISO use is illegal and is killing both homebrew and the psp

breaching the copyright laws..
I suppose you don't use emulators or Homebrews on psp
Support the MOD CHIP and condemn DevHook, it is amusing.

[Forever~Zero]

Well being a Malaysian where priracy is everywhere. And i mean everywhere,you cant even find a single non-modded PS2 out on the market. Anyway like iwas saying being a Malaysian i have mixed feelings about the ISO loading dilemma. I agree that the developers should be paid money for their efforts in making the game. But every game translate to at least RM150 (Malaysian Currency) and that is alot from Malaysian standards. The ISOs will probably be a nice way to overcome the pricing of the UMD games but then again it's piracy. So i dont have a real definite anwser to whether i agree or dont agree with the ISO loader.

[Accordion]

i have two roms on my psp
one is Super Mario World for te Snes emu
the other is mario64
i own 3 editions of super mario world (1 snes and 2 GBA, i won the second)

both systems are dead
though i do agree it is still wrong

it is quite clear that iso use is a major part of the psp and UMD failing. however it baffles me that sony protect themselves so well with stopping warez in the hardware but completely fail to firstly stop unsigned code and second, assume the psp is safe from software control

[akuma2000]

sure, legal ISO use
i believe you

even if you copy your own UMD to memory stick it is breaching the copyright laws of intended use
by buying a UMD, you do not own the UMD, you own the right to use it as intended by the producer. copying the game to memory stick is not the intended use.
all ISO use is illegal and is killing both homebrew and the psp

So by your logic if someone buys a music cd and rips it to put on their ipod then that is wrong too. As long as you have the original media then you can make one copy of your software for backup purposes. I know I may be walking the thin gray line between right and wrong but I don't feel bad. Because I have not taken any money from sony as I only have isos of games I own so no one looses.

[malachi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_shifting

[aries2k4]

Jeez, I´m sick of talking about piracy already. what is this peoples court? so for all the people who are against piracy but have 1.5s because they love homebrew. Now you can buy the game(helping Sony and the industry) and actually play it. I don´t think thats asking too much, since you actually paid for it. do you? So how is this a bad thing
Maybe there shouldn´t be any more posts on pmp mods or any software that can convert video to the psp. It can be used to convert kiddie porn to be watched on the psp. So is the program wrong or is it the Twisted Sicko who uses it?
I love this site, love homebrew, but I just have to wonder. After all you did post about the custom bios firmware(not sure about the chip). So in my opinion
This is a great development. Support homebrew on your 1.5. Support the industry by buying the games you like and use this great loader to play them
DeviceHook is Sweet
nuff said

[Dmill]

what i dont get is that iso use is wrong and everything but sony would still have to be worried about lawsuits against them from Nintendo, Sega, and a bunch of other companies for allowing the use of their games on that device when not authorized... either way you look at it sony is never gunna make the psp hombrew friendly

[chrisrulz555]

Gonna have a little cry wrag? Just because you won't post about Devhook here doesn't mean you are the holy warrior against piracy.