Emulation - The Legalities, Ethics, Benefits and Drawbacks

[CladInShadows]

Zkuq said:

CladInShadows said:

Still piracy.  It's always been piracy.  Some people are just ok with it.  But it's 100% piracy unless you own the game.

What's the difference between emulation being piracy unless you own the game and emulation being OK unless you pirate the game? They seem the same to me.

Let's take emulation out of the equation.  Piracy is illegal.  If you play a game you don't own, you pirated it.  If you play a game you do own, you did not pirate it.  And adding emulation back in...if you emulate a game you down own, it's piracy.  If you emulate a game you do own, it's not piracy. 

Emulation and piracy are two separate concepts.  Emulation is just one (of many) way to play a game you either pirated or did not pirate.