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legal or not legal

Ayano Katagiri

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  • Emulating any of the games is declared illegal on Nintendo's website IIRC, especially with the use of ROMs even if you own the actual game.

    MeBoy has crap graphics anyway...
     
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    you cant

    yourre stuck with this for ever now:P

    and nintendo goes find out who ya are

    heheh, just joking:P

    just wait for a mod that closes it:)
     

    Kittyipawd

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    i thought it wasn't illegal if you owned that very game
     
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  • its illegal if u download them for free without the right authority for exmaple
    if you downloaded a pokemon blue Rom from a site that you don't have to pay for or doesn't have a donations idea then it'll be illegal
    hacks are illegal i think cuz they wudnt have the rights to edit the original rom

    i think :)
    dnt quote me on this :D
     

    Tentacruel13

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    As long as you own the game and you don't sell the rom or a hack rom then it is legal to use a rom. Shouldn't this be in the Emulaton Section.
     

    Triggz

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    i heard emulation was legal if you owned the game, thats not true?
     

    Twar3Draconis

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  • Emulation is legal, ROMs are not. I don't know if it also affects this, but RIAA says that you have to pay for each copy of the music you have (such as ripping to computer, or a backup disc), so I assume it would be similar. It's a legal grey area, but I think it would be okay if you dump the rom yourself instead of downloading it.
     
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