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Bootlegs and the law?
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: Malenko on March 08, 2011, 01:39:27 pm ---well what if you wanna buy a street fighter II rainbow board? Or is that not considered a bootleg since its edited roms on CPS1 boards?
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Yes and No.
Some rainbows are hacked capcom boards... nothing illegal there. Others are cheap chinese clones that use capcom's programming. Fortunately 90% of your rainbow boards came out of a shop in california and are not bootlegs.
hypernova:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on March 08, 2011, 02:20:31 pm ---I love the rainbow boards, I just recently found out that they were in MAME
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So the boards are teh ghey? :P
mimic:
I'm not asking about moral issue, I'm not buying anything, no new dress or hand bags for me. I'm just simply asking what the USC says, can anyone point me to which paragraph would cover bootlegs owning vs bootlegs distribution.
Some of you guys thinks that just because it seems as it should be illegal, then automatically is illegal, while you might be completly wrong. As I gave you the "prada" example, I don't think anyone's getting arrested for buying a knock off hand bag or a hammer or knock off tv (if such would exsist) etc.
Law guys, can anyone cite the law itself, or not!?
Vigo:
Here is the legal code about trafficking bootleg goods would be under, but I don't know if there will be mention of owning the goods anywhere since as far as I know it is legal to own bootleg goods.
(Read section 2318 and 2320)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sup_01_18_10_I_20_113.html
fallacy:
for people like you I always have one question to ask .............. Who Cares? :dunno :dunno :dunno :tool:
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