Legality of Custom Gameboots Produced with Sony's Leaked Tools

[zackforbing]

Thats 6,000 USD out of Sony's pockets.

what an ignorant statement. You're basically saying that the people that downloaded this OTHERWISE would have bought it. come on.

Also- Sony can't sue you for modifying something you bought from them. once it's in your hands, it's YOURS. sony should have NO say in what you do or don't do with it. that said- if someone SELLS a piece of software made with these stolen tools, they'll have sony come down on them like a hawk.

I don't think sony can legally stop someone from making free software. they CAN stop you from using their tools, but "homebrew" as a whole is NOT illegal. Do you think Sony would allow it to exist if it was?

[nyrtrublue]

but are there legal gameboots?

[SSaxdude]

This whole "gameboots are illegal" thing is really silly. If we let Sony stop us from doing the smallest things, we will have to give up homebrew. Next, we will have to stop using emulators and games that use copyrighted sprites.
We must not do everything by what is considered legal.

[kando]

what exactly is a gameboot if i may ask?

[notaforumtroll]

The owners of this site must make a nice chunk of change off the advertisements and such scattered across this site to always be worried about whats legal and what is illegal, I'm pretty sure if sony wanted to they could shut the site down anytime based on the exchange of information on this site and what not.
all the links on the site, downgraders ect.
clearly this site is setup to advocate and distribute information for things that are not meant to be done on the psp.
$_$
love it or flame it, thats the truth.

[kando]

there are websites that promote pictures, articles, and other various things about illegal substances, that arent shut down...need i say more?

[TheEmulatorGuy]

The custom gameboots are just as illegal as the TIFF, KXploit and GTA exploits. Highly illegal, that is. Stop being a hypocrite. You're almost as bad as the people who choose to believe only some of the bible.

[F9zDark]

If you go over to PS2-Dev.org, and puruse their forums you will find countless PSP coders, PS2 coders and the like (the people who brought us the PSP SDK all by reverse engineering) who are well versed in the laws regarding Interoperability and Reverse Engineering.

Homebrew is legal so long as:

A)We use the homebrew SDK, which is solely derived from reverse engineering

B)We, obviously, do not break any other laws in the process.

Interoperability is a law that allows the end user to take any computer or electronic product that they own and make it function with any software or hardware that they own.

As far as I know, the law in DMCA adheres only to mediums of information that were affected by the slew of illegal music downloads that spurred the RIAA into action. (That law is the direct result of those actions by the RIAA).

Homebrew is legal. Gameboots, at least in the way that they are made now, are not.

If anyone can figure out a method to encode PMF files using a homemade program, then Sony has got nothing on us about that.

[YourStillWithMe]

I will 100% totally admit that I downloaded the sony leaked tools i have a DECENT grasp of how to operate the .pmf creater (still havent made one yet.) I just need to form the right bitrate in the file and frames within it and im golden. I seriously think wraggster and the ones who are against this have a point, it is wrong to some extent and i totally agree but at the same time it sounds stupid

We all know that like 90% of us dont own all the NES, SNES, gamegear, gameboy advance, gameboy color games that we emulate but we still do it. That's illegal!!!!! I myself own a vast majority of NES games (over 250) and i own a lot of snes games so i dont see myself as being "evil." This is very opinionated. All I'm saying to each and every one of you is to respect this sites choice to not support gameboots as I will. I do not plan to upload any gameboot.pmf's to this site that are customized and nor should any of you.

Regards

[doof69]

what exactly is a gameboot, i am lost. lol