PSP Homebrew Scene Going Illegal With Custom Firmwares and Devhook ?

[deftonesmx17]

My post wasnt meant to support the downloading of ISO's. If youre going to speak of that, don't use me as a reference to anything within the same post. I was just stating that many people love to load their retail games from their MS or HDD due to speed and ease. Its much easier to carry my PSP with three of my games on my MS than to carry my PSP plus the three UMD's in something that will protect them.

[grin.ch]

If ppl are legit and they don't wanna use ISOs, they can still use the Normal DevHook b/c it as well plays UMDs. IDK why they've made "Legal" versions, but w/e.

keep going, Booster! You're a Genius! Btw, he's just figured out how to get homebrew running on 2.71 emulation! HELLZ yea!!!

[chriswyatt]

I only use my Supercard and my Qoob SX for legal purposes, even though it would be tempting not to.

(Actually, I did download Electroplankton and Nintendogs but that was just because I would have never bought them anyway, just wanted to try them out)

[karurosu]

Well, I like what Alucard said: Is the people that plays Illegal ISOs.
Devhook was released as both a firmware emulator and a UMD (and legal ISO player) what people does with it, it's their problem.

Just think about this: If you have a PC, with an internet connection, you can go to the internet and download all kind of illegal stuff (ranging from just downloaded games to something even worst) and nobody blames the ISPs, internet browsers or OS.

As for the custom firmware. There is no place were you agree to have a non-modified PSP. So it's perfectly legal to have yur PSP with whatever you want.
You may say: "Custom firmwares break the copyright". To all those people, Dark_Alex and all the developers have said it a million times: Custom firmwares DO NOT modify existing files (otherwise they won't be avaliable for download in every PSP site). These firmware mods simply add files to the boot procedure, givingthe PSP extra functions. If you don't beleive me, remember the installation procedure, it copies files, maybe replaces a couple in the flash (since it needs to change the configuration in the PSP to load the mod's boot code). But it's the same modificacion that you would do when replacing your windows shell (something perfectly legal!).

A quick reminder, downloading the "full packs" with devhook and the firmware already unpacked and decrypted is illegal. But getting the PBP is not.

Having the firmware decrypted can be considerd shady, cause there is no clear statement on how legal is for a person to have a decrypted copy of the Eboot. (and if that's the case, then not only devhook is illegal, but also MPHFL, MPHloader, RunUMD, and all other loaders)

see ya

[qaopjlll]

It seems very hypocritical to me that DCEmu would allow emulator discussion but wouldn't allow us to talk about the "illegal" version of DevHook, given that they are the exact same concept. If you are under the impression that creating a backup copy of a game you own is illegal, and hence any application that has the capability of playing these "illegal" backups is illegal, then surely any emulator would also have to be illegal unless it could only play Public Domain roms.

[SSaxdude]

I'm really tired of these people who go here and hate isos so much. It's like these people take offense in them. Not all of us have much money or want to spend much money on PSP games.

Actually, I should have boughten more games because my computer with all my isos (all 30 of them) won't turn on anymore.

Let's get real: piracy hurts the industry so little it's like throwing a marshmellow at a brick wall. The amount of people who don't pay for games versus the amount of people who do pay for games is very dismal. I only know two other people who use isos on their PSP; versus about 10 people who don't.

I wasn't buying any PSP games when I was really into homebrew. Now that I'm really into isos, I still don't buy any games.

[borikua_rocks]

Ok, heres a question which I know no one who bashes ISO's will respond to.

If I own a GBA Cart and I make a Rom to play on a GBA emulator. how is that any different than if I own a UMD game and I rip it as an ISO to a memory stick to run on Devhook? Or if I own a DVD and transfer it to a Memory stick to view it on my PSP? Again...shades of grey my friends. Shades of grey.

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i think dev-hook is one of the best things in the PSP homebrew scenes and would be a shame to see it die, i dont think it's bad. i think its sony's fault that they want allow homebrew because if they did allow it then dev-hook probly wouldn't be here.....
i support the hackers and homebrew side^^

[shadowhawk22]

I don't think it is illegal. The legality issue comes up when we begin to share ISO's. Talking about ISO's is NOT illegal, although I recognise that some sites like to keep discussion of those things down as well. Devhook allows someone to rip their own firmware from the PSP, and then emulates it. It could be seen as illegal to give someone the tools to rip copyrighted firmwares, but I doubt it. This is like copying music CD's... It isn't legal to copy music from a CD to a computer, but no one cares if you do it, because the law of music right infringement is so lame that no one likes to get people in trouble for it. PSP firmware stuff is much the same, if its illegal then it is a tiny, lame, stupid law that no one should really care about.

Keep up the good work hackers, and you-- dcemu!

,Hawk

[The_Ultimate_Eggman]

serves $$$$$$ony right tough luck .hope they loose millions they can afford it.Trying to block hb development is more reason for hackers to find ways to allow home made code to be run however many way they find to try to block it.The comunity will find twice as many to allow it.