That could be the case, but then how was it dumped in the first place before the game even came out?
Most games are widely available up to a week (and sometimes more) before it's actual release date. Ask anyone you know who works at a gamestop. For big releases like Pokemon they might try to ship it out as late as possible (two days before it's released), but either way someone has access to them early. Of course those who crack it open or sell it early risk being heavily penalized/fined.
QUOTE(NiCK_TM @ Mar 14 2010, 01:10 AM) I doubt a bad rom dump, considering both HG and SS suffer from the same problem it's likely intentional.