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2600:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on June 05, 2008, 09:05:58 am ---Good points.

And I guess that the ROMS wouldn't be officially licensed in the US, although I leave the legalities of dumping your own ROMs for use in emulation to others (the laws here are different than the laws in the US, for example).

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I hear what you are saying, but didn't even think of touching that aspect of it.
Green Giant:
Well, technically the roms are unlicensed, but to have them on the board themselves doesn't really break any laws except for recent games.  Use of old games that aren't readily available from the manufacturer is allowed in the US now.
2600:

--- Quote from: Green Giant on June 05, 2008, 09:17:31 am ---Well, technically the roms are unlicensed, but to have them on the board themselves doesn't really break any laws except for recent games.  Use of old games that aren't readily available from the manufacturer is allowed in the US now.

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And that's my cue to leave the thread.
Jdurg:

--- Quote from: Green Giant on June 05, 2008, 09:17:31 am ---Well, technically the roms are unlicensed, but to have them on the board themselves doesn't really break any laws except for recent games.  Use of old games that aren't readily available from the manufacturer is allowed in the US now.

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Really?  Do you have a link stating when the copyright laws up and disappeared for old games?

(Not trying to be a dick.  Just honestly curious if they did suddenly remove copyright laws because if they did then any lawsuits that Namco or any other game company has regarding their old games would be dead).
saint:

--- Quote from: Green Giant on June 05, 2008, 09:17:31 am ---Well, technically the roms are unlicensed, but to have them on the board themselves doesn't really break any laws except for recent games.  Use of old games that aren't readily available from the manufacturer is allowed in the US now.

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This could not possibly be more wrong. If you are basing this on the DMCA and various rulings on it recently, you have misunderstood it.
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