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Title: Roms Post by: realg123 on November 08, 2010, 12:35:45 PM Hi everyone. Quick question. Is it legal to download roms/games that you own for backup purposes?
Title: Re: Roms Post by: Kyla666 (zzk2001) on November 08, 2010, 01:44:45 PM It's all where you live really :-[ But for the most part it's never legal LOL
That's why we/others keep away from rom hosting. Title: Re: Roms Post by: realg123 on November 08, 2010, 01:57:38 PM Thanks!
I thought it was okay if you owned the original copy. How are all these other sites who host roms still up? Some of them don't host them but do give direct links to megaupload or what not so would that make it legal? Title: Re: Roms Post by: Kyla666 (zzk2001) on November 08, 2010, 02:12:22 PM yes and No.
You see with a Megaupload link your not hosting the files so your not really breaking the Law ;) And again it's all about where you live, Some places say Yes you can own the copy IF you have the game YET.. other places say NO!! you can't have a copy even if you Own it. Thus why it's hard to just get a Yes/No answer about if you can or can't have/host roms. For what i know even in the places where it's ok to have a backup it's NEVER ok to host your backups. Title: Re: Roms Post by: realg123 on November 08, 2010, 04:49:52 PM Thanks
So how do some people make $ of roms? Title: Re: Roms Post by: Snipes101 on November 26, 2010, 09:53:32 AM They charge people a small fee for hosting or the service they provide for the roms on their site. And they also place ads on in site to get credit.
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