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MAME and the law.
isucamper:
--- Quote from: Malenko on May 23, 2010, 10:35:01 pm ---If the law isn't broken then is it moral? Is that your guideline?
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Absolutely not. You're implying something that is completly unrelated to what I'm saying.
My 2 cents: Laws are there for a reason. Just because they don't make sense to you doesn't mean that they don't serve a bigger purpose. If anything, it's immoral not to follow them because it sets a bad example for those who the law are meant for.
If your raising a kid, are you going to tell them: "Don't worry about the laws son. You don't have to do nothin you don't wanna! Make up yer own mind!"
Again, I'm playing the devils advocate here, as like I said, its not like I don't drive 5 mph over the speed limit or have a library of roms on my MAME cabinet, its just they way people justify these things to themselves that bothers me sometimes. We probably shouldn't do it, we do it anyway, fine. Lets move on. But lets not pretend like any of us are going to lead an after school club on where to download and how to use copywrited ROM files.
BadMouth:
delete, delete, delete.
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: Hoopz on February 05, 2010, 09:19:34 am ---This topic gets posted every few months and it follows the same general path of:
Why is/are Mame/emulation/roms legal/illegal
Discussion of DCMA
Intent of Mame and Mamedevs v. needs of end users
Obligatory post by Saint showing that BYOAC loves Mamedevs ;)
Original PCBs v. roms
Discussion of legal aspects from everyone except a legal expert in this particular area
What Nintendo, Atari, Mattel, Namco, or ______ do to protect their copyrights
Discussion of copyright law v. patents v. trademarks
General bickering
Discussion that DCMA doesn't apply to those outside the US
Someone needs to sticky one of these damn threads so that people can continue the same arguments ad nauseum without starting new threads.
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Malenko:
I didnt mean to imply, I was merely asking for clarification. It is hard to discuss this topic with you because your replies seem so black and white on such a grey issue. If I were raising a kid , why do I have to tell him to either obey all of the laws or none, isn't there a middle ground? For example, it's safe to speed a little and be prepared to pay if you get caught; but its still not ok to rape puppies and kill babies.
BTW hoops, this one didnt follow that path ;) still hilarious none the less. Saint should prune the thread and rename it "is breaking the law immoral?" Anyways, I'm only part of the problem since my replies are bumping this. I digress.
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: Malenko on May 24, 2010, 10:56:15 am ---BTW hoops, this one didnt follow that path ;) still hilarious none the less. Saint should prune the thread and rename it "is breaking the law immoral?" Anyways, I'm only part of the problem since my replies are bumping this. I digress.
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It's early. We're only on page 1. ;D
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