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Hacking the PSP: First Edition Book Discussion
Started by deviant at 06-18-2006 4:44 PM. Topic has 4 replies.
  
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 06-18-2006, 4:44 PM
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deviant
Joined on 06-19-2006
Posts 7
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First of all, thanks for a great book, Auri!
I'm pondering if there is an error in your hello world.
Shouldn't SetupCallbacks either be defined as void, or actually return a value?
eg:
/* Set up the callback thread and return the thread ID */
int SetupCallbacks(void)
{
// Local vars.
int thid = 0; /* Thread ID */
// Create the thread.
thid = sceKernelCreateThread("update_thread", CallbackThread,
0x11, 0xFA0, 0, 0);
if (thid >= 0)
{
sceKernelStartThread(thid, 0, 0);
}
return thid;
}
I was also wondering if there is anywhere I can make a donation to you. Paypal maybe?
I couldn't find your book in the local places, and the e-book versions
for sale seemed all DRM'ed (Don't want a book I can't read like a book
- that is wherever I want to). I ended up making myself a free copy of
your book (Yes, books may be copied freely for personal and educational
use in my little corner of the world. For this, copyright organizations
do get an annual compensation.)
Anyway, I thought it was a good book, and I'd like to support the author.
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06-18-2006, 5:48 PM
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Auri
 
Joined on 12-07-2005
Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts 3,679
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I'll take a look... busy weekend, but I should be able to reverify the code this week.
You don't have to make a donation - just buy my book at the following URL:
http://www.hackingpsp.com/amazonredirect.aspx
On a personal note, I'd like to know what part of the world allows for free copies of commercial books. Authors don't get compensated for what you're talking about, and there is no "national copyright association" that receives funds and disperses them to authors, not in the United States at least. :)
Thanks again!
Best,
-Auri
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Author, Hacking the PSP
www.hackingpsp.com
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06-18-2006, 7:59 PM
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deviant
Joined on 06-19-2006
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I don't like to support DRM in any form, but I do like your initiative, so if there is no other way to support your work .. :)
edit> Come to think of it, I'll just order a hardcopy (don't I feel dumb now) :p
Ah yes, I'm aware of the situation in the US, but in many European countries the rules are slightly different. I assume this has to do with the public right to information, education and culture outweighing that of intellectual property rights. I assume public libraries are there for much the same reason. We have similar laws that would allow you to tresspass or even camp on my private property, provided you keep your distance to housing, buildings, crops etc. Again, the public's right to enjoy the nature outweighs property rights.
More specifically, I live in Norway, and the right to copy intellectual property for personal and educational use is secured in the Norwegian Act of Rights to Intellectual Property of 1961, last updated in 2005 to comply with new European Union and European Economic Area requirements. Paragraph §12 describes the right to create copies for personal use, the copying of intellectual property for use in educational institutions is more complex, and covered elsewhere.
§ 12. Når det ikke skjer i ervervsøyemed, kan enkelte eksemplar
av et offentliggjort verk fremstilles til privat bruk. Slike eksemplar må
ikke utnyttes i annet øyemed. Opphavsmennene gis en rimelig kompensasjon
gjennom årlige bevilgninger over statsbudsjettet. Kongen kan fastsette
nærmere regler om fordeling av kompensasjonen.
Rougly translated: When not done for profit, single or few copies of a published work may be created for personal use. These copies may not be used for any other purpose. The copyright holders are given a resonable annual compensation over the national budget. The King may lay down specifics for the distribution of this compensation.
There are also certain limitations, like the exeption of computer software and databases (but not computer games), and that such a copy may not be created from an already illegal copy. This year I believe the dedicated compensation is about USD $8 million. In addition large sums are given in support to associations and specific projects (such as Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 2. The developer, Funcom, received more than one million dollars of our tax money in support of that project). It is intended to be a fair system where public rights aswell as individual property rights are observed, allthough I am sure there are many different opinions on it's fairness.
The complete act is available here (in Norwegian): http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-19610512-002.html
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06-18-2006, 9:34 PM
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Auri
Joined on 12-07-2005
Indianapolis, Indiana
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To be honest, I doubt any of the funds for such a Norwegian (sp?) initiative would ever come my way. I lost thousands of dollars due to piracy of my eBook (which I never wanted out there anyway 'cause it's so easy to pirate), and a foreign fund for such things sounds like phoney baloney, or at least something I never would make any revenue from.
Let me clarify - authors don't all get million-dollar bonuses for writing books, especially technical books. While a J.K. Rowling may get a fortune for her books, I get very little as an "advance" and have to make all that back -- definitely not something you'd make a living off of unless your books became so incredibly popular that you'd sell millions in a year. So every copy I don't sell is a dollar I don't make, which of course means it's harder for me to write more books, because the existing books help support me. To make a long story short, even if there is a foreign fund, don't assume any of that money ever makes it back to the author - go buy the book and feel good that the author will see something from it :)
Piracy sucks. Authors work months to years on books, so make sure you pay for the books in a way that helps the authors. I'm not saying you didn't try - I'm saying piracy is bad and hurts everyone.
Thanks again!
Best,
-Auri
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Author, Hacking the PSP
www.hackingpsp.com
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06-19-2006, 7:16 AM
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deviant
Joined on 06-19-2006
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I don't know how the copyright organizations distribute these funds.
But no, I wouldn't expect you to get a share of the Norwegian, French,
Swedish, Dutch, German (and so on) compensation funds, unless you
had a product released on the local national market of these countries
- and even then, I have no idea how much any single author could
expect, but probably not a lot. I only mentioned it so you wouldn't
think I was doing something illegal :)
On the other hand, I don't suppose you are seeing too much money from
your publisher either (I know I don't), which is why I would prefer to
support your work by a direct donation. I'm thinking my donation of say
$25 would easily compare to the sale of at least a dozen books.
Anyway, I ordered a hardcopy of Hacking the PSP from a national webshop
for $32 + shipping and handling. They say I can expect it in about a
month.
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