I am physically holding a copy of donkey kong country 2 that I paid for at some point in the past
am I legally allowed to download a copy of it for use on my computer?
(not asking for links, just unsure about the legality)
I am physically holding a copy of donkey kong country 2 that I paid for at some point in the past
am I legally allowed to download a copy of it for use on my computer?
(not asking for links, just unsure about the legality)
Actually I think owning like literally a copy of the coding or file or whatever it's technically illegal if you own the game too.
But as soon as you do anything with it, anything like putting it on an emulation program, it is.
Actually I think owning like literally a copy of the coding or file or whatever it's technically illegal if you own the game too.
But as soon as you do anything with it, anything like putting it on an emulation program, it is.
Nope. You are allowed to back up games that you own legally in case something sould happen to the original copy.
Now shareing the files or having the files shared for you, thats a sketchy matter in itself. I think you can download it but not upload it, but im not 100% sure.
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augustwhere you come from is goneRegistered Userregular
edited August 2009
from wiki:
ROMs themselves are not illegal per se. This section gives a general discussion of the legal status of ROMs as regards the various uses to which they may be put, though this should not be construed as legal advice.
[edit] Private ownership
In some countries, it is legal for an individual to personally make backup copies of a game they own. Individuals may make backup copies for various reasons, perhaps as insurance against losing the game or as redundancy in the event that the original game's medium becomes unreadable. See the section on ROMs and Preservation.
However, in the U.S. it has been illegal since 1983 for a user to create their own backups of video game ROMs onto other cartridges. This was decided in the court case of Atari v. JS&A. JS&A manufactured a "game backup" device that allowed users to dump their Atari ROMs onto a blank cartridge. JS&A argued that the archival rule allowed for this. The court disagreed, noting that ROM media was not subject to the same volatility as magnetic media (for which the law was created). Thus, not being so relatively vulnerable, ROMs were not applicable under section 17 USC 117(a)(2).
Some games companies, such as Nintendo, print warnings inside their game manuals that they do not allow users to make backup or archival copies. Whether or not these warnings in this specific form can be considered valid contracts is legally questionable. For an overview of relevant issues, see user agreement (EULA), shrink wrap contract, clickwrap, Fair Use, Fair Dealing and DMCA.
I think downloading is right out. That's illegal distribution no matter who owns what.
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More like Turbo Tunnel in Battletoads, muthafuckas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8m8E5gXqwM
fuck that shit
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I hated screech's sprint so much though
fuck that whole game
I find it very odd when a place names itself after the country it is located in.
Like, there can be no other wonderland in Canada. And if there are any, they will not be the Wonderland.
That's an awful lot of presesure to put on a place.
All the games bosses in a row with no save points? bulllllshiiit
I had to look up the ending on youtube to finally get closure
I did this with a few of my games
Spoiler: that's not the for the end boss.
the whole fucking game
how anyone ever beat that game is a mystery to me
how that one guy beat it playing both at once even more so
those videos are fucking staggering
I think I got to the stage 4 boss
fuck that
After a certain amount of playtime the game gives you infinite continues.
That is the only reason I ever saw the last stage.
oh my god fuck you tdot
I hear this game has Donkey Kong in it, so I guess that's cool.
That's incredibly closed minded of you.
Well I was fourteen or fifteen and enjoyed pc gaming more at that time.
You know I think I played my share of platformers up to that point.
I am physically holding a copy of donkey kong country 2 that I paid for at some point in the past
am I legally allowed to download a copy of it for use on my computer?
(not asking for links, just unsure about the legality)
No.
guess I gotta go find my super nintendo
But as soon as you do anything with it, anything like putting it on an emulation program, it is.
Now shareing the files or having the files shared for you, thats a sketchy matter in itself. I think you can download it but not upload it, but im not 100% sure.
I think downloading is right out. That's illegal distribution no matter who owns what.
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