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I remember the legality of emulators being rather spotty until this ruling was made: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Galoob_Toys,_Inc._v._Nintendo_of_Americ
by sycren 15y ago
I remember the legality of emulators being rather spotty until this ruling was made: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Galoob_Toys,_Inc._v._Nintendo_of_America,_Inc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Galoob_Toys,_Inc._v._Nint.... Since Nintendo are against emulators: http://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#emulator http://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#emulator I wonder what they think about the ZX Spectrum emulator and the roms that it contains that the player did not specifically buy..
- jamesu 15y agoWith the exception of the "Monitor Program" (which "was not supposed to be included"), the games included were all developed by Tim and Chris Stamper, co-founders of Rare. Provided they own their own IP, i don't see how this could be a problem.
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- strags 15y agoEven the "monitor program" - ie. the Spectrum 16KB ROM image is probably ok: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/permits/amstrad-roms.txt http://www.worldofspectrum.org/permits/amstrad-roms.txt 1) What exactly do you have to do to use Sinclair ROMs in an emulator, such as acknowledgements etc?" "Amstrad are happy for emulator writers to include images of our copyrighted code as long as the (c)opyright messages are not altered and we appreciate it if the program/manual includes a note to the effect that "Amstrad have kindly given their permission for the redistribution of their copyrighted material but retain that copyright"."