sc94597 said:
Console emulation is 100% legal in the United States as long as it doesn't distribute proprietary software (like a bios.) Nintendo recently took down YouTube videos of a fan-made Twilight Princess HD texture pack/mod. Trust me, if they could get rid of Dolphin (and a plethora of other emulators) they would. Also, it is perfectly legal to copy a disc for archival purposes, and it is almost impossible to prove that the copy isn't being used for archival purposes (as one can always say their disc broke and they're playing their backup.) Piracy originally meant theft (old time pirates were on ships stealing from mercantile corporations.) Copying something you purchased is not theft. |
selling other copies coming from the original is piracy. I agree, if you copy your original one, its fine as long as you didn't redistribute it for your own gain. which the black market have done to the industry. the emulators are the software copy of that console, if it way back old, I also done it. but as much as possible I'm buying the original stuff and the console itself.