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4 Nov 2003, 16:00
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idiot
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Roms
i know it been a while since i last look for any but they cant all have dissapeared
ive jst spent the last hopur or so looking and i i could get was sonic
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4 Nov 2003, 16:02
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Re: Roms
not allowed to discuss this here i suspect
but i just got a torrent with EVERY SNES ROM EVER in it
plus kazaa has a load (a few hundred) of megadrive/genesis roms
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4 Nov 2003, 16:04
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Guy next door
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Re: Roms
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Originally Posted by Ragnarak
not allowed to discuss this here i suspect
but i just got a torrent with EVERY SNES ROM EVER in it
plus kazaa has a load (a few hundred) of megadrive/genesis roms
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Since some days for the american law it's legal on the older systems (8/16 bit) or something
Nintendo doesn't like it though
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4 Nov 2003, 16:05
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Re: Roms
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Originally Posted by SilverSmoke
Since some days for the american law it's legal on the older systems (8/16 bit) or something
Nintendo doesn't like it though
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4 Nov 2003, 16:09
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Guy next door
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Re: Roms
duh
but it says something about the developments in this field doesn't it?
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4 Nov 2003, 16:10
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Guy next door
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Re: Roms
oh Ragnarok, can I get that torrent please?
I would like to download them tonight.
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4 Nov 2003, 16:14
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Damn Dog
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Re: Roms
can you pm me the link for the sonic rom? im on my dad's computer and he asked me the other day if i could get sonic on it for him. cheers.
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4 Nov 2003, 16:30
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Das Scoot
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Re: Roms
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Originally Posted by SilverSmoke
Since some days for the american law it's legal on the older systems (8/16 bit) or something
Nintendo doesn't like it though
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Seriously? Is there a link to that somewhere?
And yea, Kazaa's pretty good for huge rom packs.
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4 Nov 2003, 16:32
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Re: Roms
Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverSmoke
oh Ragnarak, can I get that torrent please?
I would like to download them tonight.
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4 Nov 2003, 16:40
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Re: Roms
older stuff you can get on abandonware sites, which are not illegal as far as i know, so someweher like www.abandondata.org will do you for a lot of stuff
and other stuff i generally find quite easy to find on google, but i am on a work comuter so i havent got my list of sites handy, if my adsl is back up when i get home, i will do something with them then.
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4 Nov 2003, 16:42
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Damn Dog
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Re: Roms
lot of the rom sites [that i found using google] are worse than the porn sites with endless links and no actual content :/
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4 Nov 2003, 16:43
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Guy next door
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Re: Roms
QUOTE=Scoot951]Seriously? Is there a link to that somewhere?
And yea, Kazaa's pretty good for huge rom packs.[/quote]
http://www.gamer.nl/nieuws/19647
It's in Dutch with an English quoted part (original source Evilavatar.com)
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4 Nov 2003, 16:58
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Throwing Shapes
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Re: Roms
Article taken from gamepro.com
News by: Aki Sugawara
31-OCT-03
"The Library of Congress has recently granted copyright exemptions in the Digital Millenium Act to obsolete games. The exemption applies to games that require the original hardware as a condition of access, and if the game is “no longer manufactured or reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.” This means that old, unsupported PC, console and arcade games will now be legal to own (so your illegal copy of Mame roms are now legit). The only muddy side is if publishers consider their old games to be “reasonably available” and plan to release classic games as bundles or bonuses, then the copyright protection still stands.
"The Digital Millenium Copyright Act, or DMCA was passed on October 12, 1998 to address piracy and copyright concerns specifically pertaining to software and the internet properties. Some of the notable provisions included the outlawed circumvention of anti-piracy laws and distrubition or sale of code-cracking devices. Brewster Kahle from the non-profit company Internet Archive petitioned the US Copyright office, and to the delightful surprise of many, the petition was approved.
"While game companies will undoubtedly cling on to as many of the old games as they can, many of the older unsupported titles are now free game. Those who have been downloading such games can now keep them in their hard drives with a clear conscience."
http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domes...ws/31559.shtml
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4 Nov 2003, 17:08
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NEWSBOT
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Re: Roms
Quote:
Originally Posted by CjC
Article taken from gamepro.com
News by: Aki Sugawara
31-OCT-03
"The Library of Congress has recently granted copyright exemptions in the Digital Millenium Act to obsolete games. The exemption applies to games that require the original hardware as a condition of access, and if the game is “no longer manufactured or reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.” This means that old, unsupported PC, console and arcade games will now be legal to own (so your illegal copy of Mame roms are now legit). The only muddy side is if publishers consider their old games to be “reasonably available” and plan to release classic games as bundles or bonuses, then the copyright protection still stands.
"The Digital Millenium Copyright Act, or DMCA was passed on October 12, 1998 to address piracy and copyright concerns specifically pertaining to software and the internet properties. Some of the notable provisions included the outlawed circumvention of anti-piracy laws and distrubition or sale of code-cracking devices. Brewster Kahle from the non-profit company Internet Archive petitioned the US Copyright office, and to the delightful surprise of many, the petition was approved.
"While game companies will undoubtedly cling on to as many of the old games as they can, many of the older unsupported titles are now free game. Those who have been downloading such games can now keep them in their hard drives with a clear conscience."
http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domes...ws/31559.shtml
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provided THEY LIVE IN AMERICA WHICH HELLO A LARGE PART OF THE WORLD DOES NOT!
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4 Nov 2003, 18:42
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Throwing Shapes
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Re: Roms
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Originally Posted by NEWSBOT3
provided THEY LIVE IN AMERICA WHICH HELLO A LARGE PART OF THE WORLD DOES NOT!
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So, its progress isnt it? or do you assume that if America does it the rest of the world "Out of Spite" won't consider similar law changes.
in fact, why am I even responding?
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4 Nov 2003, 19:04
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Damn Dog
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Re: Roms
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4 Nov 2003, 19:26
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Retired VGN
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Re: Roms
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Originally Posted by spunkie munkie
i know it been a while since i last look for any but they cant all have dissapeared
ive jst spent the last hopur or so looking and i i could get was sonic
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Look harder ;-) I have no problems finding what I want
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4 Nov 2003, 20:01
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monkey on crack
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: US
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Re: Roms
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Originally Posted by CjC
Article taken from gamepro.com
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From what I understand, you still have to own a legitimate copy of the game. This only means now you can legally circumvent copy protection to make a copy, since the hardware is obsolete. Distributing it is still as illegal as it ever was.
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