Hey, I was wondering, are ROMS legal, I've tried looking it up, but I've gotten mixed answers, some say that they're illegal some say that they're not. So, what is it, are they illegal or not. BTW what if the ROM truly does belong to me, say I rip a ROM from one of my legally purchased VC games, is the ROM legal?
hehe, of course they're legal. you can find many in the downloads section.
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Under the complete farce that is the current laws, you can keep a fair use copy of your own games as long as you didn't have to circumvent encryption to do so.
So no ROM images from your lifetime are legal.
So no ROM images from your lifetime are legal.
dbkdbk said:
Most fairly recent consoles require some kind of circumvention of encyption to extract images of the games. Which is illegal.
An exception (apparently) is the GBA.
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Well, as i look at it, as long as no one knows that you have a digital copy of your game (ROM in easier words), and that you don't put it up on the Internet, it is legal enough.
Let me ask you quite a simple question. If you dig your nose in a a closed and secluded place and manner in that no one sees you do the deed and no one can know you did that in any way possible unless you tell others, would you feel embarassed about it?
In the end, it always boil down to how you feel about it. Oh, and that you don't tell other people of give it to other people. Simple, in my opinion.
Let me ask you quite a simple question. If you dig your nose in a a closed and secluded place and manner in that no one sees you do the deed and no one can know you did that in any way possible unless you tell others, would you feel embarassed about it?
In the end, it always boil down to how you feel about it. Oh, and that you don't tell other people of give it to other people. Simple, in my opinion.
Well according to the mishmash of laws and agreements, any sort of homebrew is illegal.
But nintendo sorta turns a blind eye to it, as it helps rather than hinder its sales
When piracy gets involved, they start to crack down on it.
So really lots of things are illegal, but only the bigger ones are made more obvious
But nintendo sorta turns a blind eye to it, as it helps rather than hinder its sales
When piracy gets involved, they start to crack down on it.
So really lots of things are illegal, but only the bigger ones are made more obvious
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dbkdbk said:Hey, I was wondering, are ROMS legal, I've tried looking it up, but I've gotten mixed answers, some say that they're illegal some say that they're not. So, what is it, are they illegal or not. BTW what if the ROM truly does belong to me, say I rip a ROM from one of my legally purchased VC games, is the ROM legal?
no no no no no
QUOTE(Sstew @ Jan 10 2009, 09:56 AM) You cant download, backup, any of that. If its questionable to you then chances are you shouldnt be doing it.
Agreed.
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