Keep piracy talk out of Emulation threads

[Zkuq]

Ljink96 said:

Zkuq said:

Emulation is not piracy even if you don't own the game. Piracy is the act of making an illegal copy, no matter how that copy ends up being used. Emulation itself is under no circumstances piracy. Emulation and piracy are often (but not always) related, but they're two clearly distinct things. I don't mind discussing piracy in the context of emulation, but claming emulation itself is piracy under any circumstances is just incorrect.

True, emulation isn't piracy, I agree that's a mistake that i said, but emulating pirated software is illegal. That's why 3DS owners get banned from online activities of their game ID isn't unique. It doesn't matter who ripped the software and uploaded it, the act of emulating software that has been pirated is illegal. Emulation itself, not just with games, is fine. Emulating copied software, isn't. And I'm not going to act like I'm high and mighty, I've played copied software many times. Games that could never be released in the US and carts that are too expensive, I'll emulate it. Many game developers have admitted to playing illegal copies of software. Not saying that it's okay or anything but0 I just want to solidify that. 

Hmm, are you sure about that? Getting banned doesn't really mean it's illegal, just that it's against the term of service, which, strictly speaking, probably isn't illegal. (Technically it doesn't even have to be against the ToS, in practice it's probably enough if the service provider doesn't like what you're doing.) Anyway, even if it really is illegal, you make a fine distinction and I must salute you!