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04-14-2002, 09:43 PM
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Emulators....
In particular x-box emulators. Are they legal and do they work?
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04-15-2002, 05:49 PM
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Sony seem to think that ANY emulator for it's systems is illegal, as in Bleem! even if you purchased the original game CD's full price.
I very much think that MS would be thinking along the same lines even if, as reported, they are losing money on the hardware. Are emulators available for the X-Box already?? My own personal take on this is that emulators should be legal for redundant hardware such as the NES etc but it's a bit off for brand new stuff such as PS2 and X-Box. What do you think? |
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04-15-2002, 06:20 PM
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Yeah there're X-box emulators out already and now I know they're not legal, which I hadn't known.
Thanks for the info. I agree with you about NES but I doubt any corporation will. Congress just extended copyright last year to keep such things out of public domain. |
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04-16-2002, 02:43 AM
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In general emulators are legal if you own the real hardware. Same applies for programs and games that you can download as a file for this emulator.
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04-16-2002, 12:46 PM
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I was thinking of playing Halo without an x-box so I can't be considered legal
 .I hope they hurry up with that game it's on my short " to buy" list for this year. |
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04-16-2002, 01:53 PM
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RJ,
Where do you get your legal info regarding emulators? I would love to see a url if possible as US law is pretty much on-line. Has this law ever been contested in open court? I think this is "receiveved knowledge" law inadmissable in most countries. A game (PC-CDROM) may be copied for backup purposes according to license but that's about it..... |
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04-16-2002, 02:40 PM
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Well, not sure if this applies to all emulators, but at least it applied to my Amiga emulator. I'll look for the website and then will post back.
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