which is piracy?

Anonymous · 03-11-2008, 04:48 PM

is cfw piracy or not. is iso/cso piracy or not. i'd like to no.

ctighe · 03-11-2008, 04:50 PM

cfw is not piracy. iso/cso of games you own is not piracy. if you download an iso or a cso that you dont own, that is piracy. and why did you post this in the news section? and theres already a thread about legality of cfw. use the search button

benjammin316 · 03-11-2008, 04:56 PM

Its pretty obvious what is piracy and what is not.

Just takes a small percentage of brain activity

;^)

Major Zero · 03-11-2008, 05:03 PM

Internet piracy is the most difficult form of Piracy to combat:

CFW is Custom Firmware, I guess Sony's source code altered... to a more better Firmware...

Iso/Cso... Games... Iso & Cso are "back ups" of the game... But a Digital one.
I remember sticking one of my old ass PSX games in my CD drive just to look around... cool stuff i thought back then cuz i had no idea what i was doing... but now, you buy a game.. back it up to a different format/size... a Cso is a Iso but compressed... and you can take that smaller size game and stick a bunch on your MemStick... why hold all those games at once?...

Piracy comes into affect when there is a Iso/Cso that you don't own an Original to ... that pretty much goes for everything ... Music to Software ...

But I'm sure others will tell it to you better...

wow, i just read the post and was about to be the 1st to add to this... lol i hit submit and i'm the 3rd LOL!!!

Dathan · 03-11-2008, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by benjammin316

Its pretty obvious what is piracy and what is not.

Just takes a small percentage of brain activity

;^)

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahahahahahahahaha omg, just a small percent????? hahaah man thats great, kudos!!!

Next time do a google search on piracy, it should be common sense though, or at least use a little brain activity!!! hahaha classic man, classic

jefjefjef · 03-13-2008, 12:30 AM

i don't no either man.

NuMB3Rs · 03-13-2008, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefjefjef

i don't no either man.

how about reading what our members posted?

CFW is not piracy. they talk about it on the official Sony psp forums. backups of your games is not piracy. downloading them off the internet is piracy. piracy is the act if obtaining any digital content without paying the people who made it. for example, you pirate that copy of god of war. thats illegal. putting CFW on your psp is not. sony says its not responsible for what you do to your psp. i bet they'd let ppl easily hack the psp if it wasnt for ISO/CSO playback. that way when people brick they could make a pretty penny. so enough ranting from me, but use this formula next time you ask that question

If X = Piracy, X = Illegal
Y = CFW, Y = NOT Illegal

XY= your carrying a psp full of illegal content
X= your just a curios modder.
Y= bad! bad! bad!
YY= Wth?

ctighe · 03-13-2008, 01:16 AM

good point there numbers but i dont understand your formula...

valledor03 · 03-13-2008, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NuMB3Rs

If X = Piracy, X = Illegal
Y = CFW, Y = NOT Illegal

XY= your carrying a psp full of illegal content
X= your just a curios modder.
Y= bad! bad! bad!
YY= Wth?

it should be XX. nice one, lol.

jefjefjef · 03-13-2008, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NuMB3Rs

how about reading what our members posted?

CFW is not piracy. they talk about it on the official Sony psp forums. backups of your games is not piracy. downloading them off the internet is piracy. piracy is the act if obtaining any digital content without paying the people who made it. for example, you pirate that copy of god of war. thats illegal. putting CFW on your psp is not. sony says its not responsible for what you do to your psp. i bet they'd let ppl easily hack the psp if it wasnt for ISO/CSO playback. that way when people brick they could make a pretty penny. so enough ranting from me, but use this formula next time you ask that question

If X = Piracy, X = Illegal
Y = CFW, Y = NOT Illegal

XY= your carrying a psp full of illegal content
X= your just a curios modder.
Y= bad! bad! bad!
YY= Wth?

how about picking up on sarcasm?

mrblaineng · 03-22-2008, 09:53 PM

CFW is not piracy. ISO are also not piracy. I think it is only piracy when you are getting something for free that is supposed to be paid for.

NuMB3Rs · 03-22-2008, 10:03 PM

it depends, if the ISO is from your own personal stash, then its not piracy, you bought the game and your prepared for a future situation if the UMD disc is damaged.

if you go download a ISO its illegal. your not paying for it. and no, making a donation to the guy who uploads them its still piracy

Intergalactic Captain · 03-31-2008, 11:36 PM

If you're asking from the legal standpoint, then;

1 - CFW - Not "Piracy," but still a violation of the DMCA. You're not distributing it, so they can't charge you for that. You are, however, willingly and knowingly using illegally modified software without the consent of the copyright holder.

2 - ISO's - Piracy only if you're knowingly giving it to someone without a legitimate copy. Technically, the backup loophole applies if and only if you;
A. Download the EXACT version of the game you already own IE, if you own the original and download the GOTY edition, you're a pirate.
B. Are the only one using your backed-up copy. If you have an ISO on your PSP and your friend is playing it, you are technically a distributor and your friend a knowing end user.

3 - CSO's - Same conditions apply as for ISO's, but with one caveat. These are ALWAYS a violation of the DMCA, as they do not fall under the backup loophole. Since they are a modified version of the original, they are considered to be illegally modified software. Regardless of whether or not YOU consider it a backup, the government and DMCA lawyers are free to view it as a crime.

NuMB3Rs · 03-31-2008, 11:41 PM

in some terms, CSO's are more illegal than ISO's

legendofaj · 04-01-2008, 12:40 AM

some terms? and what terms might they be? ive backed up all my psp umd's, and compressed them into cso's....