| DonFerrari said: But on that case MS is profitting of games released exclusively on PS system, so also very tangent to the point. Similar to say Sony still profits from games sold phisically on Xbox One because of the bluray royalties. |
That's entirely true as well.
| DonFerrari said: just as expected in Brazil it is considered illegal http://adrenaline.uol.com.br/2017/03/21/48881/usar-emulador-de-games-e-pirataria-entenda-as-leis-por-tras-desses-programas/ |
Not sure if it's the google translate, but the wording in that article is extremely ambiguous and doesn't point to any set legal precedents. - They also keep making the connection of emulators running games like Zelda: Breath of the Wild, when that isn't always the case.
| DonFerrari said: Like you don't buy a game you buy the right to play that code on the intended hardware the use of emulation is a breach of contract and thus far illegal. |
Emulation doesn't mean you are running any game.
Emulation of a platform is the recreation of a platforms operating environment on a completely different platform so you can do things like Homebrew or Game Development. And yes, because of that you can also run games.
Now ROMS/ISO's can violate copyright law. Emulators in general don't as it's not reproducing or copying anything from the original manufacturer.
Of course there are some countries like Australia who allow you to create backup copy's of any media you own so not even that is illegal there.
Still I can't say I know enough about Brazil's legal system to definitively state whether Emulation is legal.
Where Emulators do tread the piracy grounds is when they might dump and pirate a consoles BIOS for instance. - It's okay to reverse engineer it through trial and error which some emulators have done.
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