Google should remove emulators

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superchunk said:

BasilZero said:

superchunk said:
Emulators are not illegal... only the roms and those emulators do not provide roms.

The existence of emulators arent illegal but dont you think the distribution of emulators and making money off of the distribution is?

Quite a few people have backups of their actual games. Emulators are the only way to play those.

Personally, idc. They are only for consoles many generations dead and frankly, its robbery what console manufacturers sell those old games for digitally.

as vgchartz's resident anti-piracy asshole i'd just like to say ... you're right.  emulators aren't illegal and i agree that dead gens should eventually be open to the public.  what are patents good for?  17 years?  why games, music, and movies IP rights last longer than innovation in science and technology is a complete mystery to me.