The PCSX2 Project is not in any way affiliated with the Sony Group Corporation ("Sony"), Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. ("SCEI"), or the PlayStation brand. "PlayStation", "PS2", "DUALSHOCK", the "PlayStation logo", the "PlayStation 2 logo", and the "PlayStation Shapes logo" are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. "SONY" is a registered trademark or trademark of Sony Group Corporation. The PCSX2 Project is additionally not in any way affiliated with the development studios or publishers of the video games discussed on this website, and the names of these works, development studios, and publishers belong to their respective owners. All other names and logos used in this website belong to their respective owners.

Except where material used is not owned by the PCSX2 Project, all material on the PCSX2 Website (www.pcsx2.net) is copyright PCSX2 under the MIT License. This includes but is not limited to blog entries, documentation, landing pages, downloads pages (excluding the contents of the downloads), and compatibility lists. In compliance with fair use and fair dealing laws such as 17 United States Code § 107, to the extent that screenshots of copyrighted works are used on the PCSX2 Website, they are used for the purpose of commentary and research in a manner which is noncommercial, is as minimal as possible, and does not affect the market for the copyrighted work.

Each submission to the PCSX2 Forums (forums.pcsx2.net), except for screenshot(s) of copyrighted works contained therein (used for research purposes), is the copyright of the individual who posted it. The PCSX2 Forums uses the third-party software MyBB, which is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3.0 (29 June 2007) ("LGPLv3"). All material on the PCSX2 Forums authored by the PCSX2 Project is copyright PCSX2, all rights reserved, unless otherwise stated.

With the exceptions of video game box covers and screenshots of copyrighted works which are used minimally and solely for educational and research purposes, all material published on the PCSX2 Wiki (wiki.pcsx2.net) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license ("CC BY-NC-SA 3.0") unless otherwise stated. By contributing, you agree to release any material you publish to the PCSX2 Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, and you agree that you have legal permission to do so. The PCSX2 Wiki uses the third-party software MediaWiki, which is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2.0+ (June 1991) ("GPLv2+").

Unless otherwise stated, all components of the PCSX2 emulator are licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3.0+ (29 June 2007) ("GPLv3+"). The '+' suffix is used as a modifier to indicate that the material can at any time be relicensed under any version of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License published after 29 June 2007. This does not necessarily include third-party code, images, audio, or fonts used within the emulator; these are the copyright of their respective authors, and licensure is provided on an individual basis for such material in the PCSX2 emulator's documentation. The PCSX2 emulator uses a Game Database ("GameDB" or "GameIndex.yaml") which contains metadata about known games published for the Sony PlayStation 2; this information is aggregated from various sources which are attributed in the header of the Game Database file. Documentation provided alongside the PCSX2 emulator is also licensed under the GPLv3+ unless otherwise stated.

The PCSX2 emulator logo, the PCSX2 Forums logo, and the PCSX2 Wiki logo are the copyright of the PCSX2 Project and are licensed under the GPLv3+.

Statement on and Rules Against Piracy

The act of illegally obtaining or redistributing copyrighted works ("piracy") – as well as encouraging, facilitating, or discussing such an act – is strictly disallowed on the PCSX2 Discord, the PCSX2 Forums, the PCSX2 Wiki, the PCSX2 GitHub repository, or any other platform which is maintained primarily by the PCSX2 Project (an "official platform").

All users of the PCSX2 emulator seeking support from or to contribute via an official platform are expected to own a legally obtained copy of any game which they play, and they are additionally expected to own a Sony PlayStation 2 BIOS dumped from a Sony PlayStation 2 device which they own. If it is discovered by the PCSX2 Team that a member of an official platform has obtained either of these through piracy, they will be flagged as a pirate and barred from receiving any form of support on official platforms until such a time as they can prove they legally own both. Any member of an official platform found to be facilitating piracy or helping a known pirate to use the PCSX2 emulator will be banned indefinitely from said platform.

PCSX2 is not designed to facilitate illegal activity. Before using PCSX2, users are strongly encouraged to review the relevant copyright laws of the jurisdiction in which they reside.