Chrkeller said:
No it isn't and no it hasn't. Pirates have simply convinced themselves certain things are legal when clearly it is not. I remember back in the day people used your exact same 'argument' claiming Napster was legal. How did that work out? If you want to pirate, by all means. But be honest about it. |
If there is no law prohibiting, it's legal. It's companies who brainwashed gamers to believe it's illegal, they understand they stand for no legal ground to forbid emulation.
Microsoft indeed stopped pretending emulation is illegal for a while: https://www.eurogamer.net/emulation-should-be-used-to-preserve-older-games-xbox-chief-phil-spencer-suggests
What is illegal is not owning a legal copy, but if you have a physical game you are allowed to do whatever you want with the source code as long you don't go against copyright laws. If you developed your own console, building it part by part and then played your copy, would it be illegal ?
