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Re:OnlyFans drops planned porn ban by jonny_eh on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:03PM (#28306970)
> But I agree with you, I'm surprised Steam doesn't have a way to get old ROMs.

They sell old games, e.g. Sonic the Hedgehog: https://store.steampowered.com/app/71113/Sonic_The_Hedgehog/

That's a Windows program that runs a Sega Genesis emulator that loads the game's ROM.

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Re:OnlyFans drops planned porn ban by matheusmoreira on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:24PM (#28307241)
That doesn't entitle me to run the game on a much better emulator with RetroArch or apply fun ROM hacks on it.
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Re:OnlyFans drops planned porn ban by AussieWog93 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @08:36PM (#28309104)
Yes it does. It literally installs raw ROM files that can be opened in any Mega Drive Emulator directly into your steamapps directory.
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Re:OnlyFans drops planned porn ban by matheusmoreira on Thursday August 26, 2021 @05:45PM (#28321299)
But does it give me the right?
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Re:OnlyFans drops planned porn ban by AussieWog93 on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:15AM (#28324234)
IANAL, but yes. If you don't copy something, copyright is not invoked.

In many jurisdictions (AU, UK), it would be legal to copy them to another device you own, such as a hacked PSP, under the "format shifting" exemptions.

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Re:OnlyFans drops planned porn ban by jonny_eh on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:37PM (#28307384)
It doesn't stop you either.
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