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 Oct 1 2005, 09:42 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 4-November 04 Member No.: 2,133  |
I have heard this word all over the web and I am curios to what it is. I am I just technologicaly illiterate or something like that. An answer would be much appreciated. Thanx
This post has been edited by BuffaloHELP: Oct 2 2005, 01:39 AM |
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Oct 1 2005, 09:50 PM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 8-September 05 Member No.: 11,613 |
Emulators are illegal. they are basically PC versions of your PS2,Gamecube, Xbox, ect... they allow you to play ps2,gamecube, ect... games on your PC.
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Oct 1 2005, 10:19 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 4-June 05 From: in the dark abyss... Member No.: 7,868 |
Wrong.
Emulators are perfectly legal. They are programs that allow you to play ROMS, some of which are illegal, and some are legal. The ROMs that ARE legal are the non-commerical ones. The creating and usage of an Emulator is perfectly legal, its the ROMs that are the problem. 
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Oct 1 2005, 10:27 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 167 Joined: 1-October 05 Member No.: 12,407 |
Nothing on the net is illegal unless you know how to cover up your tracks.
 But Emulators are nothing but dubbed games. :þ |
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Oct 1 2005, 10:27 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 822 Joined: 6-March 05 Member No.: 4,202 |
You make a big mistake calling emulators "illegal" in a generic way and saying that they are used to play last generation videogames.
I donīt know which was the first emulator to be released but I think the most famous is MAME, which allows you to play old arcade games that anyone is going to sell you. You can find emulators of almost all system that has ever existed from Spectrum or MSX to Atari, Nes, Master System... Yes, they are not really legal but sincerely, Iīm not going to buy and old arcade machine to play Tetris or a NES to play Super Mario. So if I can play them for free I donīt really think Iīm doing any harm. Of course you can find emulators and isos/roms of PS2,Gamecube, Xbox, etc. which are closer to piracy but donīt minimize "emulator" term to those, please. 
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Oct 1 2005, 11:02 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 4-November 04 Member No.: 2,133 |
Wow that was a fast reply. Thank you all very much. Now I feel a lot smarter about technology.
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Oct 1 2005, 11:09 PM
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Well to enlighten this topic just a bit yes emulators are illegal since you are playing burned copies of games that 1 you did not make 2 the games are copyrighted.
But on the other sense i don't think anyone covers their tracks with all the websites i have seen that you can download these roms at no one has yet to be shut down and this one website i use to go to since the late 90's has been up for awhile. Of course 99% of the websites don't offer you roms at all just a bunch of bs to get money through ppc programs and what not. And since emulators and roms are illegal anyone caught posting links to those websites here will be taken care of properly. |
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Oct 1 2005, 11:40 PM
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King of My WOrld Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: 11-October 04 Member No.: 1,665 |
emulators are legal thing ... only the ROMS are illegal ... but who doesnt own a internet-downloaded MP3 ? this is the same thing that goes to the ROMS ...
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Oct 1 2005, 11:48 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 4-June 05 From: in the dark abyss... Member No.: 7,868 |
Heres some stuff I found on the web. So Emulators are NOT illegal, its the usage of it with the ROMs that are illegal.
QUOTE Legal Issues Emulators are perfectly legal, although a lot of misinformation has surrounded them in the press and on the internet. In order for the users of the emulator to be legal, they must own the software they want to emulate. Downloading copyrighted programs from the Internet, or exchanging them with friends is illegal without the permission of the copyright holder. That states that emulators are legal and ROMs are not. QUOTE * Just because a game isn't sold in stores, it's not free - definitely true. Commercial exploitation as listed in the code only pertain to assessment of damages, and you as an emulator user probably never want to be in that position. * Copyrights have not expired - definitely true. The shortest safe bet copyright period is 75 (or 95, if new legislation holds up) years from publication. They can go much longer. * Enforcing U.S. law outside the U.S. - Yep, this can happen (it's not a U.S. centric thing, it applies to Euro nations for instance enforcing their law against US citizens as well - see the references at the bottom of the page for the applicable texts). That states that ROMs are illegal also. |