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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Questions?, Sep 21, 2013.

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  1. Questions?

    Questions? New Member

    I want to play games but i dont know if this is legal please help!
     
    Questions?, Sep 21, 2013
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  2. Devon

    Devon Well-Known Member

    Yes, playing video games is indeed legal.
     
    Devon, Sep 21, 2013
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  3. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    providing you're not under the age displayed on the cover.

    downloading roms is not legal.
     
    Loonylion, Sep 21, 2013
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  4. rukia3

    rukia3 Member

    That was a good one :)
    Post Merge: [time]1379752765[/time]
    But making and uploading roms is legal?
     
    rukia3, Sep 21, 2013
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  5. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Provided you don't share the files with anyone then yes. Distribution is not legal, creating a backup and storing it online solely for your own usage is.
     
    Seph, Sep 21, 2013
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  6. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    Making ROM Hacks on the other hand falls under the "gray" area. It is considered illegal by some game companies *cough* Square-Enix *cough* but is acknowledged by others, say with Nintendo with the many Super Mario World hacks all over the net. They acknowledge them as much as they even made a "pow block rush" stage in "New Super Mario Wii U" as well as a stage that kinda looked like a "Kaizo Trap" but never was.

    Using emulators are legal too.
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Sep 21, 2013
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  7. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    making is legal, uploading is not. While uploading is technically legal if no-one but yourself has access to it, the assumption would be made that you uploaded it for the purpose of distribution, which is not legal.
     
    Loonylion, Sep 21, 2013
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  8. athemoe

    athemoe Well-Known Member

    Downloading games is legal in Belgium, uploading on the other hand isn't.
     
    athemoe, Sep 21, 2013
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  9. 2DamCerius

    2DamCerius My eyes for your brain...fair trade.

    This sounds a little too borderline type of material for me.
     
    2DamCerius, Sep 22, 2013
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  10. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Nothing borderline about it. It's like downloading music or anything else that normally costs money, it's illegal in most countries.
     
    Seph, Sep 22, 2013
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  11. rukia3

    rukia3 Member

    Of course I do this only for me ;)
     
    rukia3, Sep 22, 2013
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  12. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Same.
     
    Seph, Sep 22, 2013
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  13. necr0

    necr0 Well-Known Member

    Humph.
    Well, downloading isn't illegal in Australia apparently.
     
    necr0, Sep 23, 2013
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  14. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    My brother got hit for downloading 2 call of duty games...

    I call false, not that I care, 'STRALYA MATE
     
    mds64, Oct 5, 2013
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  15. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    Those fall under "Warez" NOT "ROMs" though :p

    And really!? Getting caught for downloading a crappy game like CoD ROFLMAO~!
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Oct 5, 2013
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  16. necr0

    necr0 Well-Known Member

    Ahaha!
    This is my beauty:

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    Random games, movies, TV shows. Got a full collection of EUR region 3DS and NDS releases.
    Never being caught.
     
    necr0, Oct 5, 2013
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  17. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    Thanks to Steam and their sales I no longer pirate PC games :)

    My only problem now is, there aren't that many Steam Wallet code vendors in this country and I refuse to do online banking.

    And yeah, EA'S GAMES (like The SIMs) STILL DESERVE BEING PIRATED :p
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Oct 5, 2013
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  18. necr0

    necr0 Well-Known Member

    Problem is, with Australia, all of our internet is bad.
    So Steam is kind of useless, at a peak of 100 kb/s. :p (I'm the exception, with average 70 mb/s speeds on Steam).

    I have tried to do the Humble Bundle and stuff though. So I've got a big collection now of about 50 games.
     
    necr0, Oct 5, 2013
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  19. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    You think that's bad?

    I only get 90+kbps whenever I download games from Steam. That is of course because I only have a 1mbps internet connection. I really wish my ISP would offer their 3mbps package bundled with their landline + internet bundle for cheaper prices.
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Oct 5, 2013
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  20. necr0

    necr0 Well-Known Member

    Where are you? The moon?
     
    necr0, Oct 5, 2013
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