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> people always say "use the ROM of games you physically own” People also say “No copyright infringement intended” while uploading full movies to YouTube. Peop
by Shish2k 3y ago
> people always say "use the ROM of games you physically own”
People also say “No copyright infringement intended” while uploading full movies to YouTube. People, especially when it comes to matters of copyright, typically have very poor understandings of law...
- GaggiX 3y agoSo what would be the correct understanding of the law in this case? That using an emulator is illegal because you cannot own a copy of the games you own?
- Shish2k 3y agoIt varies based on country and jurisdiction, but from an American / European perspective - some parts of the emulation scene are “definitely not legal” (eg, distributing copyrighted ROMs), and most parts of the scene are “It is complicated. Well-informed people have different predictions, but it hasn’t been tested in court, so we don’t know for sure”. Moon Channel (an actual lawyer) has a fairly clear and concise summary with particular relation to the Dolphin emulator’s attempt to get itself on Steam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wROQUZDCIMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wROQUZDCIMI