Alpha Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Matt Fazzer has notified us that he has been issued a cease and desist letter and has abandoned his PSPEmu project that was supposed to emulate the Sony PSP on the PC. He got far enough to emulate Lumines, the firmware, and even boot PBB files. We wish Matt well on his future endeavors as this was really another tragedy in the emulation scene. hello guys, I'm having serious trouble with myhost. I have also received an important email,threatening court action for the production ofmy playstation portable emulator. I therefore,cannot continue my work with PSPemu I am very sorry for all the inconvenience this mayhave caused the PSP community. I would justhate to get into serious trouble. Thanks alot to all the people who were there for me throughoutthe project, and thanks to all the people on the psp-hacks forums for supporting me andparticipating in the logo competition. mattfazzer will be re-opening in October, offeringnews,reviews,previews and ISO release lists. I will also be working on brand new JavaScript appson top of various legal homebrew applications. Onceagain i am very sorry for the sudden end to thisproject...and I also apologize to Sony. People are welcome to contact me using the following:Email:mattfazzer@gmail.comMSN Messenger:matt_farrow62@msn.com Thanks AgainMatt»» http://mattfazzer.bl.am/»» Projected PSPEmu Feature List Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdy Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 what will Sony lose from a psp emu anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Sony can't touch him if his code is free of anything copyrighted by Sony, and he's offering it for free. They have no legal grounds whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 yeah thats what i was thinking, he should just underground develop it and be say it must be being developed by someone else now and release it kinda like Xbox BIOSes are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoRd_SnOw Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 (edited) i honestly don't understand what Sony's deal is. As IJTF_Cinder said he is developing the emu for free, and if the code is infact his legit. then there should be no issue with this. my guess maybe that someone had created a letter to make him think it was sony. again this type of stuff is what puts the Emulation Community in these frustrating situations. i hope to not here the end of this. He should really reconsider or take this as a legal case in court. i know i would. Edited September 13, 2005 by LoRd_SnOw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I'd say Sony threatened his hosts and they wimped out. I doubt Matt could afford to go to court over a hobby. The best thing as Lord_Snow said would be to go completely underground and out of sight. It's become quite obvious that Sony are just a bunch of assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.S.D Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 They should just threaten whoever making the Fastloader.THat baby enable anyone to run a PSP ISO on the PSP for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Didn't Nintendo try something like this concerning GBA emulators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdy Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 yeah they themselves put a patent on gba emulation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 They should just threaten whoever making the Fastloader.THat baby enable anyone to run a PSP ISO on the PSP for free <{POST_SNAPBACK}>shhhh... sont give them Ideas, fastloader is the only reason I still play my psp. but yeah sony just threw out this letter to scare the auther into stopping development. in court he would prolly win, but it would cost alot to fight in court. its not worth it, maybe he'll quitely release teh source so others can get it finished under the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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