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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 12 2006, 10:41 PM (445 Views) | |
| hyruleking | Feb 12 2006, 10:41 PM Post #1 |
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Are they legal? Some guy keeps telling me they are and from what I know... they arnt. |
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| Seth | Feb 12 2006, 10:43 PM Post #2 |
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They are not allowed. |
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| hyruleking | Feb 12 2006, 10:43 PM Post #3 |
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Alright thanks. |
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| Blackyoshi (PM) | Feb 12 2006, 10:45 PM Post #4 |
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I like it if it's free ^_^
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Emulators are FreeWare Made By small groups of people THERE NOT COpyright material, and there's no where in the TOS that says, Emulators Are not allowed! ROMS ARE ILLEGAL! however. you got one right |
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| hyruleking | Feb 12 2006, 10:48 PM Post #5 |
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Well.. if you download an emulater what are you gonna play on it? EDIT:Are emulaters legal? |
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| pangolin123 | Feb 12 2006, 10:53 PM Post #6 |
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Emulators are not illegal, but roms are illegal. If i am not wrong, I think if you own the original game, you can download the rom and use it. |
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| Dale | Feb 12 2006, 10:58 PM Post #7 |
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Even if you own the game, the rom is illegal http://www.nintendo.com/corp/faqs/legal.ht...20an%20emulator There is a good deal of misinformation on the Internet regarding the backup/archival copy exception. It is not a "second copy" rule and is often mistakenly cited for the proposition that if you have one lawful copy of a copyrighted work, you are entitled to have a second copy of the copyrighted work even if that second copy is an infringing copy. The backup/archival copy exception is a very narrow limitation relating to a copy being made by the rightful owner of an authentic game to ensure he or she has one in the event of damage or destruction of the authentic. Therefore, whether you have an authentic game or not, or whether you have possession of a Nintendo ROM for a limited amount of time, i.e. 24 hours, it is illegal to download and play a Nintendo ROM from the Internet. |
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| pangolin123 | Feb 12 2006, 11:04 PM Post #8 |
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Sorry abt that..Now i know its illegal to use them..
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| .Day | Feb 12 2006, 11:23 PM Post #9 |
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Thanks, I was wondering about this in the past |
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| pangolin123 | Feb 12 2006, 11:51 PM Post #10 |
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That means, we can download the roms and delete them in 24 hrs, they can't blame us for illegal use of roms. I remember some roms sites have this warning in the front page of their site. |
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| stevio27 | Feb 12 2006, 11:55 PM Post #11 |
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No, you read that wrong. It is illegal to even be in posession of a ROM on your computer, no matter how long. Those websites that give the "24 hour" warning are just trying to sound legit. I'm not going to say I've never played NES ROMs, though.
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| retsam | Feb 13 2006, 01:30 AM Post #12 |
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if Nintendo says roms of any type are illegal, then why do they have a rom dl page? Why do the sell flash GBA cards? |
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