NES emulation on flash for more than 1800 games

Re:NES emulation on flash for more than 1800 games by mkr-hn on Saturday February 26, 2011 @01:32PM (#2266145)

Current generation? Distributing ROMs and claiming it's fine goes back to the early days of the web. They even had disclaimers that said "This is legal if you already own the games."

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Re:NES emulation on flash for more than 1800 games by burgerbrain on Saturday February 26, 2011 @03:10PM (#2266390)

By "own the game" they mean "own a license to play the game". Why should ROMs not be legal if you already own the cartridge?

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Re:NES emulation on flash for more than 1800 games by T-R on Saturday February 26, 2011 @04:06PM (#2266530)

Owning something like 5 copies of A Link to the Past, I agree with this sentiment (the format-shift argument), but I don't think it's proper justification for distributing them. As much as I'd argue it's fair for those who have paid, we can't ignore the fact that most people haven't.

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Re:NES emulation on flash for more than 1800 games by mkr-hn on Saturday February 26, 2011 @03:50PM (#2266490)

You'll have to ask a copyright lawyer about that one. Every single one of those games had a notice somewhere in them saying not to copy them though.

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