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MAME and the law.
divemaster127:
this has been discussed 100's times you can search the forums for lots of opinions
isucamper:
I can't tell for sure if the last few posts were disagreeing with me or not, but I think they were.
Is it immoral to jaywalk? Ask the guy running across the busy inner city intersection that causes a 5 car pile up. You throw that out there without quantifying it. In general, is it immoral to cross the street? No, but its probably not illegal to do it in most cases. Is it immoral to break unenforced laws? Now we have a debate. I say yes it is even though you could give me 10 examples where it's ridiculous to think so. Call me square. Laws are there for a reason. Doesn't mean I don't drive 5mph over the speed limit or have a library of roms on my MAME cabinet, but I'm not going to tell my kids its ok to do it or justify it to myself so I can sleep better.
SlayerAlex:
--- Quote from: isucamper on May 23, 2010, 12:18:49 am ---I can't tell for sure if the last few posts were disagreeing with me or not, but I think they were.
Is it immoral to jaywalk? Ask the guy running across the busy inner city intersection that causes a 5 car pile up. You throw that out there without quantifying it. In general, is it immoral to cross the street? No, but its probably not illegal to do it in most cases. Is it immoral to break unenforced laws? Now we have a debate. I say yes it is even though you could give me 10 examples where it's ridiculous to think so. Call me square. Laws are there for a reason. Doesn't mean I don't drive 5mph over the speed limit or have a library of roms on my MAME cabinet, but I'm not going to tell my kids its ok to do it or justify it to myself so I can sleep better.
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the thing is though, that sometimes there can be 2 different places where the laws are different. Does that mean that Morality is determined by location and not by the act itself? Does driving fast in Germany not pose the same risks as driving fast in America? and even then is morality of an action only determined by its worst possible consequence? i dunno so many variables. To me, breaking law= Immoral seems to easy.
I look at it more at a "Does it hurt someone?" thing then more then a "Can i get away with it?" thing. And really when it comes to the old games i dont feel like it hurts anyone.
Also can someone tell me why people always say "Support the company...buy the PCB!"? when it seems to me that 100% of that money goes to the guy that sells it (and UPS). i dont see how that supports the company. = /
Vulgar Soul:
Lol, this thread is starting to feel like a freshmen college philosophy course.
I don't know who to agree with, I see many people have interpreted in their own way what's right and wrong about emulators.
syph007:
Seems like the era we live in, people only care about money. So if you are causing someone financial loss, people care, if not, noone seems to.
I think this is why the Daphne changes were made since digital leisure still sells that on DVD. Pretty cool compromise though, as I understand it, you can get the Daphne files for it, if you own the DVD. It sounds like it does some kind of check.