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From: Alex Herbert <aherbert@ndirect.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Producing CDs to use on Playstation
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 15:43:13 +0000
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Joshua Meeds wrote:

> 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.

I don't agree.  Especially if the boot libs could read an ISO disk without copy
protection, and the load address was fixed at 0x8090000.  I think the memory
resident Yaroze libs would get in the way of any commecial titles loading.
(This would only work if the copy protection is in software.  If it's hardware
and can't be overidden by software, then that's a different matter.)  Which
brings me to a question.  Can anyone explain why Sony gave us CdReadExec()?  I
can't see any way in which we can use it.

> 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.
>

Two very valid points, and probably the main reasons that we shouldn't be able
to write our own CDs.  It would be a shame to destroy the Net part of Yaroze.
I've changed my mind.  I don't want to write my own CDs any more.  I now think
it's better this way. :)

Herbs