If GBA Temp is so hellbent on having zero tolerance for piracy...
...and yet GBA temp frowns upon piracy and/or the circumvention of AP measures.
Because GBAtemp has zero tolerance for piracy...
Quite the contrary; GBAtemp is
all about piracy. First and foremost it's a forum for sharing concepts, ideas, knowledge and information about ripping, copying, patching and hacking for the purpose of *ahem* playing free games on your consoles. The only thing GBAtemp
doesn't allow is direct links or references to places where you can download
copyrighted files like ROMs or ISOs.
A group of individuals can sit around and talk about illicit drugs, including how to make them, how to administer them, how to acquire and sell them, and they aren't breaking any laws because they're just sharing knowledge. But once they are in possession of illegal substances, they are breaking the law.
Having copyrighted files--or links to them--on this forum is like being in possession of said drugs. One of the moderators' jobs (as I see it) is merely to flush them down the toilet,
not to oppress any kind of piracy. It's just to protect this website from being taken down. Simple as. And we have
never frowned upon the circumvention of AP measures. ROM patches come in two broad categories: [1] game alteration (translations/sprite hacks, etc.) and [2] AP circumvention. And guess what? We allow
both types on this forum. I don't think any staff here would ever tell you that we have zero tolerance for piracy. Most of us currently pirate or have pirated in the past, myself included.
And I think some people might miss the point of this thread. It's not meant to judge anyone or sway them in any direction for or against piracy. It's just a reference. The next time some know-it-all jackass spews forth verbal diarrhea in the pretense of legal "expertise," simply refer them to the first post of this discussion so that they might be educated. It just clears up some misconceptions about piracy; nothing more, nothing less.