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Virtual NES
Tom:
--- Quote from: viper30000 on January 21, 2011, 11:19:31 PM ---So if you have a game, you have to get better legal rights for your friends to play?
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Having your friends play with you is different than pretty much distributing a game across the net.
Solid:
--- Quote from: Tom on January 21, 2011, 11:16:34 PM ---They need to get better legal advice. Having a cartridge does not give one the right to let other people access the game though Emulators. Just like having a copy of a movie doesn't give you the right to stream it on the net.
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--- Quote ---In March 2008, we received a series of letters from the ESA. The ESA is contending that the operation of vNES is illegal, despite our (painstaking) compliance with the law.
In an effort to avoid further legal issues, instead of simply shutting down the website, we no longer provide access to games we don't have a physical cartridge of, effectively making vNES operate like a virtual equivilant of a rental store, or, more accurately, library.
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It IS legal.
zookuw:
--- Quote from: Solid on January 21, 2011, 11:21:16 PM ---It IS legal.
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--- Quote from: zookuw on January 21, 2011, 11:19:36 PM ---Remember kids, pirating is legal because the person who uploaded the file owns the game/music/video!
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Marcem:
--- Quote from: Tom on January 21, 2011, 11:16:34 PM ---They need to get better legal advice. Having a cartridge does not give one the right to let other people access the game though Emulators. Just like having a copy of a movie doesn't give you the right to stream it on the net.
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You don't keep the game on your machine.
Solid:
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In this case, yes it is. He owns a physical copy.
--- Quote ---All of the games on the site belong to him in cartridge form, allowing him to do whatever he wants with them. While creating an emulator in Flash for free seems like he is breaking a million and one lawsuits, the way he is doing things is 100% legal.
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