korosu

what i was gonna say.

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Murlocke

It'd be no different than uploading a pirated copy of windows.

You can make the rom yourself, and ONLY for you, and you MUST keep the original game.

I would not upload it to your site, even if its just for you. Since other people *could* download it.

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BFRD

Making a copy of a game you own is still illegal. Unless you are talking about a game that can just be copied to another disc. However, that is not my understanding of ROMs. You would need to use some sort of decryption process to move the game information from the disc to your machine. That would be a clear violation of DMCA law, whether you distribute or not.

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korosu

for personal use, i don't see it as being any different than decrypting a DVD that you own to use on a PMP, laptop, etc for personal use. is it a violation of DMCA? probably. are you gonna get a subpoena for doing it? not unless you give someone a reason to (ie: distribution).

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Limes

Emulator = Good, ROM = Bad

That sum it up?

stanrc

any attempt to decrypt or break the encryption on a dvd is still illegal. but as you said, no one is watching over your shoulder

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ShadowOS

If you live in the USA ROMs (or any backups) are illegal, PERIOD. Your balls will be busted if any authorities find out.

If you live in Canada it's still illegal, but the government has openly stated they are not going to try to chase anyone down anymore.

Oh... so you live in Britain? I guess I should have looked at your location first. As far as I've heard, Britain is pretty hard-knock about piracy like the US is. I can't confirm since I'm being lazy right now, but I'm positive that's the case.

Don't get busted and your fine

Sin100

oh sorry i must have put it wrong, i mean a game you actually made (not a copy of any other game) and you programmed it to work on a well known console like N64, is that illegal? lol, actually to think about it yea it would be coz you don't have nintendo's permission to make a Nintendo game..ok never mind.

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I don't believe homebrew applications/games like that are illegal, even if you are playing them on a well known console/handheld without proper licenses. As long as you don't put the software up for sale, you are 100% in the clear.

korosu

homebrew is 100% legal, unless you somehow used copyrighted resources without a license (textures, models, music, etc). if the game is 100% user created though, you're fine.

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