Question on rules.

[SNK!]

Kraggzz said:

How do they find out if you don't have the game? I mean that's a silly warning if you have no way of finding out....

It's a rather difficult law to enforce...and therefore an expensive one. Video Game companies don't really enforce this law (aside from closing down the occasional popular ROM site), but regardless, it would be as silly as it is unproffesional to not have such warnings, considering that even though there's usually no punishment, I can garuntee that those warnings stop at least a couple people from downloading ROMS.

[Sektor]

Gustave said:

Quite right. I've seen those same warnings.

That is all BS. Of course the rom sites want you to get some kind of legal comfort from downloading them. The fact is, they're 100% illegal. I read a FAQ on Nintendo.com about the 24 hours thing and they said it's all bs. Even downloading japanese roms or english translations for games only available on rom is illegal. I can give you more than enough proof backing up my words

EDIT: A quote from Nintendo.com :

"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.
"

if you want to read everything regarding legal info about roms, go here : www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp

No matter how you put it, roms are purely illegal.

[Ghosty]

Sektor said:

That is all BS. Of course the rom sites want you to get some kind of legal comfort from downloading them. The fact is, they're 100% illegal. I read a FAQ on Nintendo.com about the 24 hours thing and they said it's all bs. Even downloading japanese roms or english translations for games only available on rom is illegal. I can give you more than enough proof backing up my words

EDIT: A quote from Nintendo.com :

"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.
"

if you want to read everything regarding legal info about roms, go here : www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp

No matter how you put it, roms are purely illegal.

Thanks for that info sektor ;D, I never bothered to actually look up the legal guidelines following ROMs and their usage, I've always assumed legal disclaimers on sites are atleast somewhat correct as I mean... they're legal disclaimers, they're supposed to protect them, if they're wrong they're useless.

Well there goes that tinge of morality I always got from just trying games before I buy them on emulators... THANKS FOR STEALING MY LAST BIT OF SANITY AND COMFORT!! THANKS A LOT!! ;D, no really, thanks for actually looking it up.

[Kraggzz]

Prince said:

Would you steal if you knew nobody would find out?

No I wouldn't, but I would get the RoM if they said that I owned the game because if it's truelly illegal (which I see now it is) those sites are posting false information.

[Gustave]

Thanks for clearin that up Sektor. Is it also illegal to use a system emulator? Like the one where you stick your own CD into the comp and play it there.

[Magicman]

Gustave said:

Thanks for clearin that up Sektor. Is it also illegal to use a system emulator? Like the one where you stick your own CD into the comp and play it there.

I dun know about those, but I do know that the console manufacturers do not like them. I'll try to look something up about them. (Namely Bleem!cast)

[Jaggy]

I'm not sure about the emulator part. I know I played my PS1 games on ePSXe before I got my PS2. I've heard that it's not illegal and I've also heard that it's illegal, so I don't know.

[Gustave]

ePSXe is the one im talking about, but im sure there are more.

[Sektor]

Hmm... I'm not too sure about bleem and stuff. I saw bleem being sold in my eb once but not anymore. I have no idea if it's illegal or not