Emulation - The Legalities, Ethics, Benefits and Drawbacks

[CladInShadows]

VGPolyglot said:

CladInShadows said:

The question was whether or not it was ok to pirate an old game that's now available on these newer micro consoles (NES Classic, SNES Classic, etc.).  And I said yes it's piracy.  And that it's always been piracy.  And that the only time it isn't piracy is when you own the game.  There was no question about emulation at all.  Where did I say emulation was piracy?  Because I am a huge advocate of emulation and piracy being two separate entities.

Even if you own the game, unless you rip it yourself it's considered piracy.

Legally, you may be correct.  Morally, I don't care and will download at my leisure because the developer has my money.  If I go and pay someone other than the developer to get a rom dumper for an NES cart, the developer still doesn't see a dime of that. And the result is exactly the same.  We're just arguing semantics at this point.

I do rip all of my PS1, PS2, Wii, etc. discs though.

But nowhere did I say that emulation is piracy.  Never have.  Never will.