07-13-2008, 12:26 AM
lucas755 Wrote:If roms are illegal, why hasn't this whole site been arrested for ripping?Ripping isn't really one of those things companies persue for legal battles for a couple reasons. For one, it's a form of advertisement and generates interest in games and series. For the other we are not claiming ownership at all and tell people (in the rules section of tSR) that the products are owned by their respective companies and in all the games we've compiled for sheets and usage, we've only gotten one complaint. But that was because the game WAS NOT OUT YET, and after it was released we reuploaded the gfx and no lawsuits or complaints have been filed yet.
lucas755 Wrote:And why are they illegal anyway?
Something about emulated games violating the ToS for being altered in format, violating lawsuits by dispensing commercial content for free, and the fact that it's PIRACY!
We do NOT allow the linking of roms, the uploading of roms, in any way, shape or form. It's a bannable offense and let that be the first and only warning any of you get from here on out.