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Question about legalities of Roms
RayB:
Of course... They had press releases and were covered in all the game news when they launched. If they really didn't, Atari (Infogrames) or Midway (see I forget which of these owns the Arcade rights now) would have been all over them.
daywane:
I thought if you had the cart ( nintendo or sega or any thing like it even pc baced) not just the arcade pcb you still could have the rom.
I do have a large collection of bought carts and cds. (playstation and PC)
I thought I was legal on those roms for mame.
like namco musems
Sasquatch!:
--- Quote from: daywane on October 12, 2004, 08:52:31 pm ---I thought if you had the cart ( nintendo or sega or any thing like it even pc baced) not just the arcade pcb you still could have the rom.
I do have a large collection of bought carts and cds. (playstation and PC)
I thought I was legal on those roms for mame.
like namco musems
--- End quote ---
It varies from release to release and from company to company. Check the EULA on your carts and see what they say.
Craig:
Having mame roms without owning the original board is stealing. YES! It makes you a theif if you have all those roms without owning the hardware. Same goes with downloading illegal mp3, softwarez etc.. You're a theif. People try to justify it by saying that they are just downloading music/roms and it ain't harming the companies, but it is the truth. Copyrights last for a very long time.
RayB:
--- Quote from: daywane on October 12, 2004, 08:52:31 pm ---I thought if you had the cart ( nintendo or sega or any thing like it even pc baced) not just the arcade pcb you still could have the rom.
--- End quote ---
No way. Having Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 doesn't entitle you to the ROM for the Arcade version. They may share the same name, but they were still two seperate and unique products sold by different companies and programmed by seperate teams of people.
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