Ripping video games and playing them on other consoles or emulating them is no different than ripping CDs and playing them on your phone. Does any of this seem illegal? More importantly, does any of this seem to violate the agreement of purchasing and ownership?
I’m super contused at this post. This was just a tongue-in-cheek way of talking about emulators and ROMs (most people aren’t ripping their own carts, they’re downloading them from somewhere and probably never bought the original game)
I’m not making a value judgement, and like I’ve played a lot of stuff on emulators
>most people aren’t ripping their own carts, they’re downloading them from somewhere and probably never bought the original game
I’ve never seen a single ROM homebrew or console hacking community that supports piracy. If users are savvy enough to be able to work with ROMs then they likely know how to rip game carts. Piracy draws legal action from big companies that wish to remove rights. As the niche grows ever smaller, behaving well becomes ever more existentially important.
Ripping video games and playing them on other consoles or emulating them is no different than ripping CDs and playing them on your phone. Does any of this seem illegal? More importantly, does any of this seem to violate the agreement of purchasing and ownership?