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From: Joshua Meeds <dreamer@sinclair.net>
Newsgroups: "scee.yaroze.problems.pc;",scee.yaroze.freetalk.english
Subject: Re: Producing CDs to use on Playstation
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:32:27 -0700
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Sony wouldn't do this - from what I understand, there are three reasons
they don't let us write our own CD's.  First off is the simple reason,
it would allow piracy.  Second, this would make the Yaroze too close to
a full development kit, thus causing problems with developers who
probably paid excess of $20,000 for theirs.  And third, people would
start writing their games for CD (I know I would), making games that
other members couldn't download and check out, thus defeating the
purpose of the "Net" part of Net Yaroze.

Alex Herbert wrote:
> 
> Maybe Sony would consider providing us with tools for making our own CDs.
> If we had boot disk (similar to the exising Yaroze boot disk) which loads
> the libraries and checks for the key card, and then requests that you
> insert a data disk (the data disk being a CD-R), then it would be
> possible.  And Sony would not need to worry about us distributing to
> non-members, 'cos the CD-R would not be usable without the boot disk and
> key card.
> 
> What do you think Sony?  Or is there still the problem of copy protection
> code which will need to be written to the CD-R before the PSX will read
> it?
> 
> Herbs

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