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Michael-5 on 15 July 2011
snakenobi said:
TadpoleJackson said:
snakenobi said:
TadpoleJackson said:
snakenobi said:

dolphin is not legal,its on pc

 

psn is legal as sony uses it to sell and play its own games

sony can license where to play or not,a consumer can't

 

thats why ps1 emulator was taken off android

Emulators are completely legal. ROMs aren't. 

That being said, Dolphin is an emulator, there for it is legal. If I download a PS2 emu right now I can play my PS2 games on it legally. 


emulators aren't legal

its just that they aren't so widely used so nobody has made a law agaunst them

 

that way PS1 emulator shouldn't have been taken off the android market



I'm just going to post this link.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386126,00.asp

So to end, emulators aren't illlegal downloading ROMs are 

emulators are illegal if they are used for profiteering

 

you can bend the rules but it will be illegal

 

its like saying i have an 360 and halo but i rip the game disc and play it on my pc

 

but that is just an excuse,that doesn't happen most of the time.

If you own the game, you can play a pirated version all you like. It's called creating a backup, and playing the backup disc. Some game collectors buy games and leave them factory sealed to preserve them, while playing pirated copies.

Doesn't happen often with current gen, but go a generation back and it happens all the time.



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snakenobi on 15 July 2011
Michael-5 said:
snakenobi said:
TadpoleJackson said:
snakenobi said:
TadpoleJackson said:
snakenobi said:

dolphin is not legal,its on pc

 

psn is legal as sony uses it to sell and play its own games

sony can license where to play or not,a consumer can't

 

thats why ps1 emulator was taken off android

Emulators are completely legal. ROMs aren't. 

That being said, Dolphin is an emulator, there for it is legal. If I download a PS2 emu right now I can play my PS2 games on it legally. 


emulators aren't legal

its just that they aren't so widely used so nobody has made a law agaunst them

 

that way PS1 emulator shouldn't have been taken off the android market



I'm just going to post this link.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386126,00.asp

So to end, emulators aren't illlegal downloading ROMs are 

emulators are illegal if they are used for profiteering

 

you can bend the rules but it will be illegal

 

its like saying i have an 360 and halo but i rip the game disc and play it on my pc

 

but that is just an excuse,that doesn't happen most of the time.

If you own the game, you can play a pirated version all you like. It's called creating a backup, and playing the backup disc. Some game collectors buy games and leave them factory sealed to preserve them, while playing pirated copies.

Doesn't happen often with current gen, but go a generation back and it happens all the time.

 sure that won't be piracy

but thats not really what happens most of the time which is what i was trying to say



Michael-5 on 15 July 2011
snakenobi said:
Michael-5 said:
snakenobi said:

emulators are illegal if they are used for profiteering

 

you can bend the rules but it will be illegal

 

its like saying i have an 360 and halo but i rip the game disc and play it on my pc

 

but that is just an excuse,that doesn't happen most of the time.

If you own the game, you can play a pirated version all you like. It's called creating a backup, and playing the backup disc. Some game collectors buy games and leave them factory sealed to preserve them, while playing pirated copies.

Doesn't happen often with current gen, but go a generation back and it happens all the time.

 sure that won't be piracy

but thats not really what happens most of the time which is what i was trying to say

It isn't, but because there is a legal front to emulators, they have no reason to ban them.

It's also hard to stop this. Pirating PC games is easy as pie, emulators are even easier. All people can really do is remove them off cell phones and stuff...which I really lame because I own a copy of Chrono Cross and my PS1/PS2 are broken.... Was hoping to play it on my new android phone, but no...



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snakenobi on 15 July 2011
Michael-5 said:
snakenobi said:
Michael-5 said:
snakenobi said:
 

emulators are illegal if they are used for profiteering

 

you can bend the rules but it will be illegal

 

its like saying i have an 360 and halo but i rip the game disc and play it on my pc

 

but that is just an excuse,that doesn't happen most of the time.

If you own the game, you can play a pirated version all you like. It's called creating a backup, and playing the backup disc. Some game collectors buy games and leave them factory sealed to preserve them, while playing pirated copies.

Doesn't happen often with current gen, but go a generation back and it happens all the time.

 sure that won't be piracy

but thats not really what happens most of the time which is what i was trying to say

It isn't, but because there is a legal front to emulators, they have no reason to ban them.

It's also hard to stop this. Pirating PC games is easy as pie, emulators are even easier. All people can really do is remove them off cell phones and stuff...which I really lame because I own a copy of Chrono Cross and my PS1/PS2 are broken.... Was hoping to play it on my new android phone, but no...


yeah you owning PS1,PS2 at one time makes what you do not pirate,all good for it



TadpoleJackson on 15 July 2011
snakenobi said:

emulating is the same as most people don't insert their games in their pc but download them

 

that way their would be no meaning of licensing fee that devs pay ninty,sony,microsoft for every game

 

they failed some places but they were succesfull other places and along they were working at firmware solution which came along,so they left pursuing the usb thing

1. No, emulating is legal. I don't care what you say it's legal. I have provided you several links that back-up what I say. 

What you are describing is downloading and playing ROMs which i have said several times is illegal >_<;;

 

2. Sony lost. They only had it banned successfully in one country. 



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snakenobi on 15 July 2011
TadpoleJackson said:
snakenobi said:

emulating is the same as most people don't insert their games in their pc but download them

 

that way their would be no meaning of licensing fee that devs pay ninty,sony,microsoft for every game

 

they failed some places but they were succesfull other places and along they were working at firmware solution which came along,so they left pursuing the usb thing

1. No, emulating is legal. I don't care what you say it's legal. I have provided you several links that back-up what I say. 

What you are describing is downloading and playing ROMs which i have said several times is illegal >_<;;

 

2. Sony lost. They only had it banned successfully in one country. 

actually 3-4 countries.you searching now.i followed it back then

 

stand by your own thinking,its not worth debating