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?
It isn't. That's why Sony lost when they sued the creators of Bleem!
Although the lawsuits were draining enough that said creators went out of buisness...
it more or less established that emulators are 100% legal.
No I didnt mean the existence of the emulators or the availability, but the fact that people are selling software which otherwise is actually free and available, isnt that against the rules or could be used to get it off the app store?
Sony sued bleem! for emulating the Playstation on the Dreamcast. They lost every lawsuit because emulation is perfectly legal so long as you own the original game. Backups are also 100% legal. You allowed to make backup copies of all software, videos, music, etc. for your own personal use. That means you can buy Final Fantasy III for the SNES, set it on a shelf, and legally play the ROM on any device you want.
Here's a vid all about Sony and bleem! for Dreamcast.
