UPDATED: "Graf_Chokolo" has TEA with Sony for the 2nd time!

[ModIT]

this has to be a joke. why are they raiding the guy's place again ?

Maybe Sony is totally broken and thats their way to accquire new hardware for their employees..

[nickxab]

I guess Sony are pissed that he released the HV. Well, it doesn't bother me if he gets raided. I never used or cared for OtherOS anyway.

Wtf ?
You act selfish.
Even if you don't care about the OtherOS you shouldn't say that.
Jerks like you f*ck up the scenes...

[me_likey_ps3]

I say fight on and continue hacking if you have it in you Graf!
Best of luck!

[XxRaVeNxX]

I personally have no sympathy for him, the hacking scene has been underground for years..I personally don't understand why he was trying to get famous/credit through hacking. I remember days when things were released anonymously and through third parties via IRC and other means.

All I'm saying I remember days when shit was released and it wasn't attached to your facebook, your personal blog, and your youtube account(Does anyone know who recently released that K_License Extractor or what Xport even looks like from the original Xbox days, exactly!)...he asked for this shit to happen to him...him and geo......get off that e-fame train..

[L0YD]

Wtf ?
You act selfish.
Even if you don't care about the OtherOS you shouldn't say that.
Jerks like you f*ck up the scenes...

he just troll every thread he posts except for emulator threads,which kind of strange cause he's bashing devs and piracy,not realizing that without devs there will be no emulators and emulating in fact is piracy.

[ken_oh]

I personally have no sympathy for him, the hacking scene has been underground for years..I personally don't understand why he was trying to get famous/credit through hacking. I remember days when things were released anonymously and through third parties via IRC and other means.

All I'm saying I remember days when shit was released and it wasn't attached to your facebook, your personal blog, and your youtube account(Does anyone know who recently released that K_License Extractor or what Xport even looks like from the original Xbox days, exactly!)...he asked for this shit to happen to him...him and geo......get off that e-fame train..

as sad as it sounds.. it is actually true.. guess they want recognition for their efforts i guess

[ecosingwa]

then why are you even here

forget about that f*in guy. i think he is sony's bitch. comes here says shit like this. what was the word..hmmm... dont feed the troll.

[squarepusher2]

he just troll every thread he posts except for emulator threads,which kind of strange cause he's bashing devs and piracy,not realizing that without devs there will be no emulators and emulating in fact is piracy.

Using the ROMs without having the cart in your physical possession is piracy - the emulators themselves are not - but really, I can't recognize the existential thread downloading SNES ROMs poses to anyone's bottom line - except for scam artists that is that like to mark up the price of a SNES by at least 100% - so if emulators and cheap availability of ROMs means that scam artists go out of a business, then I think that in itself is a noble cause.

Oh, and BTW - Nintendo would almost fall under the same category - no, releasing a 16 Megabit ROM on a DVD and selling it for 40 bucks (Super Mario All Stars Wii) is NOT DONE. That's a rip-off by anyone's standards.

The prices are not reasonable - the companies are ripping people off with DVDs that are filled with exactly 2MB of content - the same stuff I could buy back in 1993 for the equivalent of 100/120 Mark, gets sold again in 2010 for 40 Euros - the EXACT same content - NOTHING added - just the same ROM again. That is such a huge and unbelievable rip-off that it defies belief.

[XxRaVeNxX]

Using the ROMs without having the cart in your physical possession is piracy

Isn't it legal to copy computer and video games as a backup as long as you own a legitimate copy?

U.S. Copyright laws permit making a "backup" copy of computer programs for archival purposes. However, the right to make backup copies of computer programs for archival purposes, as embodied in 17 U.S.C. Section 117(2), does not in any way authorize the owner of a copy of a video or computer game to post or download a copy of that game to or from the Internet or make such copy available to other people for their use. Section 117(2) only gives the owner of the copy a right to make an archival copy of the actual copy that he/she legally possesses, not to make a copy of the ROM that someone else legally possesses, nor to post an archival copy of his/her original copy for distribution. The law clearly does NOT provide any right to sell "backup" copies. In fact, Section 117 is quite explicit in stating that any archival copy prepared under Section 117(2) can only be transferred to another person if, and only if: A) The original copy is also transferred, and only with the authorization of the copyright owner, and B) The transfer is part of the sale of all rights in the program.

You're not wrong, but there is a fine line...

[DJisGOD]

terrible artical .Sony didnt raid anyone......they have no powers ....THE POLICE RAIDED HIM