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Old 07-23-04, 11:15 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally posted by mpbasher52
actually reese ive read that it technically illegal to download any roms from commercial games even if u do own the game itself (its the stupid dmca at fault). i think this sucks and isnt going to stop me, but whatever. i dont think any judge in the world would convict you tho

as for the hardware avenue, it suppoesedly costs upwards of a hundred bucks for the ripping device, so unless you are strongly opposed to downloading roms, ur sol
"You may download a game ROM ONLY if you can do so legally. This means you must own the actual cartridge (or other media the ROM was distributed on) of the ROM you are downloading. Under the copyright laws of the U.S., you are entitled to own a backup of any software you have paid for..."

a direct quote from a ROM site
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