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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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