Homebrew illegal? i'm confused.

[Hiratai]

Nintendo's site also says that any Nintendo Emulator is illegal.

Really? I never knew something so obvious could be SO illegal.

 

[Shinrin]

Can Websites and/or Internet Content Providers be Held Liable for Violation of Intellectual Property Rights if they are Only Providing Links to Illegal Software and/or Other Illegal Devices?

Yes. Personal Websites and/or Internet Content Providers sites That link to Nintendo ROMs, Nintendo emulators and/or illegal copying devices can be held liable for copyright and trademark violations, regardless of whether the illegal software and/or devices are on their site or whether they are linking to the sites where the illegal items are found.

 

[Hiratai]

I was being facetious.

 

[Urza]

If the emulator doesn't contain copywritten code, its not illegal.

Quite a few of the statements on their Legal page are bs.

 

[Grimalkin]

If the emulator doesn't contain copywritten code, its not illegal.

Quite a few of the statements on their Legal page are bs.

Only correct if said emulator was used for "educational" purposes. *wink wink nudge nudge*

 

[Hiratai]

If the emulator doesn't contain copywritten code, its not illegal.

Quite a few of the statements on their Legal page are bs.


Only correct if said emulator was used for "educational" purposes. *wink wink nudge nudge*

No...go home. That makes NO sense at all.

 

[Urza]

If the emulator doesn't contain copywritten code, its not illegal.

Quite a few of the statements on their Legal page are bs.


Only correct if said emulator was used for "educational" purposes. *wink wink nudge nudge*

The legality of its use is completely up to what the end-user does with it. That isn't the developer's problem.

 

[Grimalkin]

No...go home. That makes NO sense at all.

What do you mean it makes no sense? Emulators are all illegal because they try to reproduce the process of a vendor specific product. However, you're allowed to develop an emulator if the development process was used for learning.

Ex: If you reverse engineer a duck

You can remake the duck, and it'll look like a duck, sound like a duck, move like a duck.

But a successfully reproduced duck duplicates the process/function of a patented process which makes it illegal.

 

[Urza]

No...go home. That makes NO sense at all.


What do you mean it makes no sense? Emulators are all illegal because they try to reproduce the process of a vendor specific product. However, you're allowed to develop an emulator if the development process was used for learning.

Ex: If you reverse engineer a duck

You can remake the duck, and it'll look like a duck, sound like a duck, move like a duck.

But a successfully reproduced duck duplicates the process/function of a patented process which makes it illegal.

And in case anyone was wondering, I'm the current patent holder for ducks and duck-based utility vehicles.

 

[Grimalkin]

And in case anyone was wondering, I'm the current patent holder for ducks.

That means I have to pay you royalties for using that duck analogy.

 

[Urza]

And in case anyone was wondering, I'm the current patent holder for ducks.


That means I have to pay you royalties for using that duck analogy.

 

[BORTZ]

lol(i actully did) Well i guess i better get mypaypal number out too.

I thought it might be ok to have a backup copy if you owned a hard copy... but, Roms and Emus are illegal. ok.

whats a .sav file and how do i use one? does it work like:
i have mario and luigi partners in time. i load a .sav file to jump to the final boss instantly?

and yes i am very misinformed about these things. i hope do increase my knowledge by posting in these forums.

 

[Grimalkin]

A .sav file is the data that the rom uses to "Save" your place in the game. If you have a .sav file for the rom you can use it to go to that placeholder. But you must:

A) Convert it to the proper savetype for your Flash Cart
B) Rename it to the EXACT name of the rom without the extension.

 

[Sonicslasher]

Its only illegal if you don't have the game, running the game on your R4 is a BACKUP, you downloaded the game, and ran it because.... perhaps you didn't want to ruin your original.

or maybe it's a backup of a game that you eventually might get.

 

[dmonkey21]

Its only illegal if you don't have the game, running the game on your R4 is a BACKUP, you downloaded the game, and ran it because.... perhaps you didn't want to ruin your original.

or maybe it's a backup of a game that you eventually might get.

thats still totally illegal lol

 

[Bamboo]

don't worry about the law.

 

[xJonny]

I dont care about the law, I care what I think is wright and wrong

Been playing too much Phoenix

 

[Bamboo]

I dont care about the law, I care what I think is wright and wrong


Been playing too much Phoenix

AHHAHA ,
I think you are correct I have been playing it for ages and I just finished it recently.

 

[enigmaindex]

Does the R4 contain copyrighted code?

I think it contains copyrighted boot codes or something like that.

 

[Deleted User]

Does the R4 contain copyrighted code?


I think it contains copyrighted boot codes or something like that.

I don't think so, since the encryption has been broken by Martin Korth, they need not use real game boot code anymore. But every unlicensed product on a closed platform is subject to copyright issues. Albeit some old war between intellivision and atari has settled that such copyright is absusive.