Emulation - The Legalities, Ethics, Benefits and Drawbacks

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vivster said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

In that case, copyright infringement is not theft, since nothing physical was taken away from the copyright holder. But we still have copyright laws for a reason, and we still enforce them. 

Copyright laws count only if you monetize copyrighted content. And then there is still fair use where you are allowed to take copyright content and use it to make money. Copyright laws are outdated and need to be updated anyway.

The laws don't apply to strictly personal use.

That would imply that Nintendo can't issue cease and desist orders on free fan games.

 

But they can.