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Sony Using Copyright Requests To Remove Leaked PS4 SDK From the Web (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Sony appears to be using copyright law in an attempt to remove all traces of a leaked PlayStation 4 Software Development Kit (PS4 SDK) from the Web. That effort also seems to have extended in recent days to the forced removal of the mere discussion of the leak and the posting of a separate open source, homebrew SDK designed to be used on jailbroken systems. The story began a few weeks ago, when word first hit that version 4.5 of the PS4 SDK had been leaked online by a hacker going by the handle Kromemods. These SDKs are usually provided only to authorized PS4 developers inside development kits. The SDKs contain significant documentation that, once made public, can aid hackers in figuring out how to jailbreak consoles, create and install homebrew software, and enable other activities usually prohibited by the hardware maker (as we've seen in the wake of previous leaks of PlayStation 3 SDKs). While you can still find reference to the version 4.5 SDK leak on places like Reddit and MaxConsole, threads discussing and linking to those leaked files on sites like GBATemp and PSXhax, for example, appear to have been removed after the fact. Cached versions of those pages show links (now defunct) to download those leaked files, along with a message from KromeMods to "Please spread this as much as possible since links will be taken down... We will get nowhere if everything keeps private; money isn't everything." KromeMods notes on Twitter that his original tweet posting a link to the leaked files was also hit with a copyright notice from Sony.
That's not how copyright works. Copyright is not a trademark. They can sue in 50 years and have exactly the same claim as they do today.
Usually it's desirable to get SDKs into the hands of programmers.
..when you ask money for said sdk, then not.
dunno if they have some other sdk for download only content though.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
A few hacked up, rooted game consoles isn't going to cause developers to flee the platform. Movies are pirated and they still make them. Music is bootlegged and they still sing. Applications are copied and they still write programs. They try to make it sound like the end of the world but it is a very small percentage. It's called shrinkage and every business has it.
Yes, that is why there are no games for any of the previous consoles, and no game companies made any money in the past.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Sony wants developers who will sign all their NDAs and follow all their rules. Sony doesn't want their SDK in the hands of people who will use it to break open their system (either to run software not approved by Sony or to pirate stuff). They also dont want it in the hands of people who will do things like crack open their proprietary file formats.
Would this be enough documentation to enable a KVM based emulator for the PS4 to be developed? Gaming PCs would easily b powerful enough to run a PS4 game if they're executing native X86 instructions and can passthrough the GPU layer to a modern graphics card.
Copyright law being used for what it was intended then? Rather than something snarky like the summary claims - people are distributing the SDK without permission or reasonable grounds for fair use, and Sony is using the law to prevent someone from distributing copyrighted material without permission...
Yeah, so sad that FreeBSD got there first. ;-)
The only way to get rid of it now is with a rootkit!
Well the GPU is the expensive part. But I could build one that also does VR using a gtx1060 and AMD cpu's for probably $500-600 which is less than any new console costs. Granted the ps4 is cheaper than that but wasn't when it first came out. And still couldn't handle what the $500-600 PC could, while at the same time being a PC so you don't have to buy a console for games, and a PC for everything else.
They are using copyright to remove information they do not own: the open source SDK not written by Sony. This is a clear abuse of copyright law. They should be placed in a copyright "time out" box for doing so: temporarily open season on all Sony copyrights. They are willfully and knowingly abusing our laws for their own gain.
At a philosophical level, I wish that all proprietary, undocumented computing hardware fails. I wish that they are not viable products and fail in the marketplace. I miss the days of C64, Amiga, and Atari ST. I think everyone would be happier if we returned to that business model. Companies would still make money. If the Xbox, Switch, and PS4 disappear today I think that would be perfectly fine.
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"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Plus you can actually get work done on the pc.
You can "get work done on" a $200 compact laptop or even a $60 Raspberry Pi 3 bundle with keyboard, mouse, storage, and case. And you can use it at the same time that someone else in the household is using the PS4.
On the flip side, I can play a PC game while someone else in the family watches a movie. What's your point? (As a side note, this is also why I really like my Switch)
If you like couch gaming and you like a hassle-free experience, then I get it--a console is clearly your best value, and the PS4 is where it has been at this current generation. But if you like mods, private servers, backwards compatibility that lasts essentially forever, precise controls, getting buckets of games for practically nothing during Steam sales--not to mention entire genres of games that are unavailable on a console--then a PC is your best value.
AND you can write your resume on it, edit photos and video, do CAD, development projects, and post on Slashdot with a keyboard like God intended.
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