Thinking of starting a rom site but I wasn't sure if they are even legal. I know there are quite a few sites out there but I just wondering are they legal? The roms will be only NES and maybe Genesis and SNES. Thanks for your time.
I'm not one to tell you how to do this stuff. Many probably bounce around. You might notice many rom sites are lacking actual roms. They are either ad catchers or link to roms on other servers.
Using ROMs isn't illegal as long as you own a copy of the game that you have in ROM form. Technically, you can use a ROM for games you don't have as long as you delete it after 24 hours. As far as I know, allowing ROMs and emulators for download isn't illegal as long as you make your visitors agree not to download any games they do not own. This is how it was a few years ago anyway, I'm not sure if anything has changed. ^ Not a lawyer.
Sourceforget is plenty of rom projects, would they allow them if not legit? Of course not all ROMs are legal though.
There's no legal basis for that. Also, owning a copy doesn't mean much. You are still causing an illegal copy to be created when you download or share the copy. But, I'm basing this off an actual court case in the USA. If you are not in the USA, I don't know.
None of that is true. Sites made that up to look like they are following the proper law and procedures.
Disclaimer: This site sells illegal drugs. By entering, you agree that you are not a member of law enforcement or the government. If you are, you agree to hold the site's owner harmless for the contents and services that this site sells. Yea, that'll stand up in court.
I stand corrected. I guess this means those "educational purposes only" disclaimers are also a bunch of bunk?
Haha yah basically.. I remember when it use to be... "By entering this site you agree that you are 190 yrs old. If you are not 190 years old you are not allowed to enter"... Always found those funny.
Well, ROMs specifically, but there's a lot of stuff like instructions on how to make bombs or build potato guns that use the same thing.
There are court cases, which support what Nintendo is saying. I wrote about one some time ago. Nintendo is basically saying what the court found, which is why I said: Good link!
Sorry for the bump, but it is better than makeing a new topic. So, even with the disclaimer it is illegal (according to nintendo.). Is there not an internet privicy law of some sort that allows you to restrict the people that enter your site, and if they do they have no power to do anything that could hurt your web site. I heard that somewhere, not sure if it is true. I wonder if you make a disclaimer that says "You are not supposed to download any of these files from this website and we, -website-, are not responcible of any matters that happen because of that." Or something like that... Would that work?
im thinking of starting a brothel where instead of paying for sex, people pay for admission... do you think that'll hold up? It's basically the same concept, you can try to dance around the law all you want, but in the end if you're doing something wrong, you stand a good chance of getting bit in the ass. Proceed at your own risk.
I love ROMs... how else can you get a whole collection of games for any system? (good luck getting PS2 collection or Xbox lol) too bad I can't make a site with them legally
Come on .... dont cost anything of that sort. If someone ( Ms, Nes, Sony) gets angry ... you'll see yourself in court... and believe me you wont need a lawyer to defend yourself coz you are a liar already... so better keep away from them... Its like starting a Warez site. A better option will be mailing Sony for the permission,....