Some incompatibilities exist because game software depends on certain peculiarities of the PS2 drive hardware. HD Loader is not 100% compatible with all PS2 games. A clone of the patched version of the official version is being sold as HD Advance, is still being manufactured and can be purchased from many online retailers. In October, 2006, Sony filed a $9 million lawsuit against France-based Divineo for Digital Millennium Copyright Act violations for selling PlayStation 2 modchips, along with HD Loader. Sony's public stance on HD Loader is that it is not supported and is illegal (it can enable game piracy by allowing games to be installed, then played later without owning the disc).
