What game is this!?

[MasterSqueak]

Adventures in the Magic Kingdom


....It's sad that I know that

Thanks!

Emulator Here I Come!

You didn't even consider not stealing for one second did you?

Come on, at least ACT like you care.

It's a fucking NES game, settle down Nancy.

What does the platform have to do with anything?

It's a NES game, meaning no matter what i do the company behind the game wont make money, as the game in question isnt even retailed anymore, so the question then is:

Why pay for a used copy of the game instead of downloading it for free?, no one looses anything from it.

What I was getting at...

Was that I thought there was strict policy about promoting illegal activities here.

Hurr Hurr!
Illegal Activities WE DON'T DO THEM OH NO!

In all seriousness, it's a 20 year old nintendo game, chances are that this game is hilariously expensive to get an hold of and will require many months of trying to find, only to buy it and notice it's complete crap.

Don't be so prud about it and I would bet my ass on that 90% of the Escapist population has atleast ONE emulated game on their computer because they played it in their childhood.

technically emulators are not illegal if you already own the game, or owned it at some point and it broke. (you still need to own the game though for it to be legal)

No, this is just something that people like to throw around to justify their actions.

But whatever, it was just a misunderstanding. I break my fair share of laws too don't worry (though I still concentrate on supporting game companies first and foremost) and it would be hypocritical for me to condemn this activity.

I was just under the impression, based on my friends who visit this site, that talking about illegal activity in any capacity is grounds for a ban.

nope, i am correct, you can legally download an emulator if you already own the game. i cant get arrested for downloading the install disks for starcraft because i already own 2 copies

Where is this written at?

Noone with a heart would arrest you for downloading a game after you bought it legally and it ended up scratched and not working. If thats not enough then ask a lawyer, or a judge.

 

[Hot'n'steamy]

It's a valid argument because when you buy the legal copy of the game (or for that matter the DVD/mp3), you are also buying the creative copyright to that item. If you then go on to download an emulated copy of the game, you are not in breach of creative copyright, as you already own the copyright to that game

However, it is also stated as in the legal legislation of the game you bought that you won't engage in enabling the game to be downloaded, as this could lead to a creative copyright infringement.

Also, under UK law also, creative copyright only lasts for 20 years. After that time you have to reissue the copyright (which is very expensive) or the copyright is put in the public domain. That is why 20th anniversary editions of films are so readily produced, as this bypasses the resale of the copyright, as the 20th anniversary edition of Blade Runner or whatever is a new product, with new copyright implications.

 

[Artemis923]

Adventures in the Magic Kingdom


....It's sad that I know that

Thanks!

Emulator Here I Come!

You didn't even consider not stealing for one second did you?

Come on, at least ACT like you care.

It's a fucking NES game, settle down Nancy.

What does the platform have to do with anything?

It's a NES game, meaning no matter what i do the company behind the game wont make money, as the game in question isnt even retailed anymore, so the question then is:

Why pay for a used copy of the game instead of downloading it for free?, no one looses anything from it.

What I was getting at...

Was that I thought there was strict policy about promoting illegal activities here.

Hurr Hurr!
Illegal Activities WE DON'T DO THEM OH NO!

In all seriousness, it's a 20 year old nintendo game, chances are that this game is hilariously expensive to get an hold of and will require many months of trying to find, only to buy it and notice it's complete crap.

Don't be so prud about it and I would bet my ass on that 90% of the Escapist population has atleast ONE emulated game on their computer because they played it in their childhood.

Playing Chrono Trigger as we speak. ^^

 

[jebussaves88]

Adventures in the Magic Kingdom


....It's sad that I know that

Thanks!

Emulator Here I Come!

You didn't even consider not stealing for one second did you?

Come on, at least ACT like you care.

It's a fucking NES game, settle down Nancy.

What does the platform have to do with anything?

It's a NES game, meaning no matter what i do the company behind the game wont make money, as the game in question isnt even retailed anymore, so the question then is:

Why pay for a used copy of the game instead of downloading it for free?, no one looses anything from it.

What I was getting at...

Was that I thought there was strict policy about promoting illegal activities here.

Hurr Hurr!
Illegal Activities WE DON'T DO THEM OH NO!

In all seriousness, it's a 20 year old nintendo game, chances are that this game is hilariously expensive to get an hold of and will require many months of trying to find, only to buy it and notice it's complete crap.

Don't be so prud about it and I would bet my ass on that 90% of the Escapist population has atleast ONE emulated game on their computer because they played it in their childhood.

Playing Chrono Trigger as we speak. ^^

Me too! Badass.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Adventures in the Magic Kingdom


....It's sad that I know that

Thanks!

Emulator Here I Come!

You didn't even consider not stealing for one second did you?

Come on, at least ACT like you care.

It's a fucking NES game, settle down Nancy.

What does the platform have to do with anything?

The fact that at this point the only copies in circulation are used and therefore the developer and publisher stand to gain (or lose in this case) nothing?

Or how about the fact that if the game is even available at this point, the total cost of playing may well be absurdly high (have you seen what copies of Chrono Trigger went fore before the DS port?)

Since no one involved in making the game has anything to lose and the cost of ownership may well be absurdly high it seems that the choice is really, download it or don't play it at all.

Unless of course it's available on the Wii (and the poster happens to own a Wii), in which case someone who matters stands to gain something.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

It's a valid argument because when you buy the legal copy of the game (or for that matter the DVD/mp3), you are also buying the creative copyright to that item. If you then go on to download an emulated copy of the game, you are not in breach of creative copyright, as you already own the copyright to that game

However, it is also stated as in the legal legislation of the game you bought that you won't engage in enabling the game to be downloaded, as this could lead to a creative copyright infringement.

Also, under UK law also, creative copyright only lasts for 20 years. After that time you have to reissue the copyright (which is very expensive) or the copyright is put in the public domain. That is why 20th anniversary editions of films are so readily produced, as this bypasses the resale of the copyright, as the 20th anniversary edition of Blade Runner or whatever is a new product, with new copyright implications.

It is worth noting that this will vary from country to country. Furthermore, this is also the subject of regular debate in the US and may well change in the future. I cannot pretend to know the current status of the issue, but I do currently have a cracked copy of Medieval Total War II as my own copy is no longer readable.