1st, and now 2nd, where is everyone?

Now I really don't support what these people are doing on ebay, but if they are providing a service (i.e making consumer aware/helping the consumer) then they are within there rights to do so. Just as long as they are not claiming the software is belongs to them, nothing wrong with it.



This article itself seems a little rightous. Sony does NOT support homebrew at all, hence making it illegal. Now these people are on selling this illegal software, your arguement is a little hypocritical, you believe homebrew should be allowed but not the reselling of it.



A similar example of this is mod chips. The person selling/installing the mod chip is not the creator just the installer. So they are being paid for the service and the chip. These people on ebay are being paid for the service they are providing.



I'm a supporter of the homebrew community, but much of the popular software is used for playing isos and the such. Please anyone the claims otherwise is just wrong.



I agree with this article I dislike the practice of selling the software but I totaly agree about them selling the service. This article has made generalisations about the sales on ebay, which is again not right.



I realise I have made generalisations to but unlike this website I don't think my opinion should be pushed onto other a hence is just a comment

Is homebrew illegal? because i thought qj was hot on illegal stuff!

Too bad, all this ***** happening to DAX all at the same time :(

I noticed the same thing, in fact I contact the site directly about it. It's highly unlikely they will remove the adevertising, but if they don't then they should remove this article.



This article has made me loose alot of respect for this site.



Regardless if the adverts are supplied by third party, it's the pot calling the kettle black.

hmm... interesting. But qj doesnt post iso loaders...

I am going to pinch off a hot steaming log in your mouth.

All QJ can do is set up the kinds of ads that they want through Google, not the actual ads themselves. So they have no control over what companies are advertised.

1st, your just an arse. :)

yea, exactly

No, we are not the pot calling the kettle black. We are a site with ads from the Google MACHINE - we writers do not sit down and pick which ads we like and do not like - just because we are bloggers does not mean we have the power to sift through Internet advertising as if it was a salad bar.



Also, I have another point to make: just because the blind person can not see the sun does not mean the blind person has no right to talk about the sun. Well, just because we have the occasional random ad for sites that demand payment for downloads (which has yet to be confirmed by the way), that does not invalidate what this article is about - nor is it a reflection of the opinions and reputation of our bloggers and editors. :)



Finally, thanks for your feedback - I have told my editor about it - we always appreciate it. So sorry for this text wall, but I felt that I had to say something about your comments before wild theories and ideas run rampant. :)

ps2nfo - what a bunch of wankers

The next time you do it, I'm gonna rip your skin off and throw you into the river.

You ARE right, can't argue with that.

nice 1st poem

You need to threat Ebay for a few weaks before they do something.



Fu/cking Ghay a$$ liking butt holes

Who is that stupid to pay for freeware?.Ha ha ha.

ya know, you guys aint no better than him. look at yourselfs, you're clogging this comment system just complaining about it...

That is an awesome idea. I agree. Let's beat these ebay scammers at their own game. And take back the psp homebrew scene from sleezy ebayers.

Used to see GP32 homebrew/freeware discs on ebay, all the time. I almost picked one up, just to save myself having to go sit at a library or friend's house to download at a decent speed (I always seem to be somewhere that $14.95 DSL isn't supported, yet, and haven't ever checked into cable 'net [too expensive, here, in general] or any other options). It's like shareware distribution, I'd say. It's all freely distributable. Lots of user agreements and readme files that come with freeware STATE, plainly, that, if you're going to include the software in a compilation, you should contact the author. I think that's pretty fair. Some people don't include that request in their work, though, so one can only assume that they don't care or maybe even appreciate the exposure--provided, of course, that their documentation is included w/ the software. Shareware agreements typically always HAVE included the condition, as I recall, that you COULD charge for the medium of distribution and shipping, and, of course, the PRICE of that medium and the OVERHEAD for reproduction (reaping some of the cost of your burner and the time invested to compile and burn the thing) is more or less up to the person who OFFERS the compilation. If homebrew compilation discs are up for actual AUCTION, not listed with an established PRICE, ARE probably wrong. As for selling PSPs with homebrew ON THEM, I'm pretty sure that's a direct violation of ebay POLICY--the "Hard drive loading policy" or something like that. I wouldn't even know about it, had they not mistakenly notified me of my violation of THAT restriction, when they killed an auction I'd listed for 430 NES games, presumably because of reproduction manuals from rental stores that I'd included in the auction...heh...Dumbasses (for not making a NOTE of WHY they'd cancelled my auction, but, of course, the label applies to ME, as well, for not assuming that what I'd listed was illegal, when I knew fully well that Nintendo won a lawsuit against...Blockbuster--wasn't it?--ages ago, for providing photocopied manuals with game rentals.) I'm more than KINDA' drifting off-topic, so, ANYWAY...Yeah, ebay is a breeding ground for SCAMS, and for those people who ARE profitting from DAX and others' work, that's definitely not cool, but, in the long run, if you don't want to see it happen, don't support those auctions, and report them, if you see them. When you put effort into something fantastic, for FREE, no less...especially something that a company (Sony, in this case) could quite probably push into court as a violation of their policy/rights, you should probably be prepared to watch others steal your thunder a little or even suffer some CRAP for it. It's unfortunate, as I know I REALLY don't want to see DAX, or ANYONE, for that matter, leave the homebrew dev scene...

your an artard

qj has every right to advertize,

Im sure they got a hefty hosting bill

and many people who dont run a LARGE site such as QJ have no clue as to what a task it can be.

and look at all the BS they put up with!!!



and here comes someone trying to talk down

"what was wrriten at QJ"



Im tired of you all complaining all the dame time about qj this and qj that.



I say your lucky QJ is even here to help

bring all this info, {weather ligit, or whatever)

They can post their oppions,



and ofcorse the story was written by 1 person,

their for it will lean to one side.





I do agree they should look at their keywords and try to get them ads off. But again thats on QJ and not any of you.