Emulation - The Legalities, Ethics, Benefits and Drawbacks

[VGPolyglot]

Cerebralbore101 said:

VGPolyglot said:

Oh, so reproductions are fine? I am not entirely sure that it's PC gaming that you have a problem with, not the piracy and emulation.

C'mon man. I said it all the way back in Zero's thread on BotW back in May. Emulation is fine so long as you aren't using it to pirate games that are on store shelves. Repro carts aren't exactly emulation, but the same principle applies. Eventually patents run out and things become public domain. I'm a firm believer that piracy of anything over a decade old is just fine, since there's hardly any money to be made off of it. If these Persona 5, and BotW emulation threads were made in 2021 when Switch and PS4 are last gen, I wouldn't have an issue with it at all. 

So, you're the one who gets to the decide the arbitary cut-off for what's acceptable and what isn't? And video games are held under copyright laws, that's different from patents, as copyright lasts up to 75 years.