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Teeqoz on 23 August 2014
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ganoncrotch said:
Teeqoz said:

They're not technically illegal as long as you also buy the physical games. If you own the physical copy, and then just download the same ROM for your emulator then as far as I know it's not illegal. 

 

Example: If I download the GBA emulator for Iphone, and download Pokemon for it, then it would be illegal, as I don't own the game for the original GBA, but if I own the game on GBA, and then download it for the emulator then it would be allowed.

This is not true in any way. If you have a piece of software on a format you are not allowed to remove that software from the device as such downloading illegal roms just because you own a cart is still not allowed by law.

Also if you are talking about buying some 3rd party rom machine console from the net that isn't licenced then you are just buying roms and an emulator in a box.


It's true in several ways depending on where you live.