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Frank

4:01 PM

@Mbraedley I'm curious how you can do that.

Short of ripping them yourself.

MBraedley

There are ways to buy them legally. Guess how people get MAME ROMs

Frank

Not through downloading them.

MBraedley

I'm just saying we shouldn't close on the assumption of copyright infringement.

Frank

@Mbraedley Unless there's a way to download them legally, I'm unsure of what else we CAN do.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MBraedley There is no legal way to get an N64 ROM of a commercial game from that era other than having a copy of the cartridge and ripping out the data yourself.

MAME is irrelevant.

His question wasn't about how to clean up his cartridge rips, it was about how to evaluate the stuff he was downloading off the internet, which is pretty clearly and obviously not being purchased from any legitimate seller, because there is no such thing for the product in question.

Krazer

4:12 PM

To clarify, the backup/archival copy exception is a very narrow limitation relating to a copy being made by the rightful owner (i.e. not the internet) of an authentic game to ensure they have one in the event of damage or destruction of the original.

Fluttershy

@Lazers ... this is explained almost immediately in the game. <_<

MBraedley

That's all American law. All I'm saying is that just because it looks like copyright infringement does not mean we get to close it as such. We can still close for other reasons.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MBraedley That's the law in any WIPO signatory, we've been over this before. I don't really care if it's legal in Cameroon.

MBraedley

ROMs are a grey area, whether it's SNES, Sega, or MAME ROMs.

RedRiderX

@fredley Ah much better

Now I can test both on my tablet :3

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:16 PM

@MBraedley No, they aren't a grey area when it comes to their distribution over the internet. They might be a grey area morally, but the law is quite clear.

MBraedley

@LessPop_MoreFizz it doesn't preclude a legitimate distributer from selling them!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MBraedley There's no such thing in the case of Nintendo games! Or for that matter, any other home console of the past 30 years.

the fact that such a thing might theoretically exist is pure mental masturbation of the highest order.

Lazers

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Q: Are bosses usually in the same location during a challenge?

I'm trying to unlock the Golden Retriever animal class as the Beagle. However, I'm having a really hard time trying to find the boss animal to unlock. I'm in the correct district, I have looked all over the area, but I just cannot find him.

tokyo-jungle

MBraedley

But we shouldn't be closing the question because they don't exist, we should close because we aren't willing to find them if they do exist

LessPop_MoreFizz

I'm not really interested in arguing about what level of infringement or circumvention might be morally permissible, or might theoretically occur if the rights holder decided to change their mind about what they sell. The facts exist, and there's no reason for us to ignore them.

@MBraedley what the fuck are you even talking about

do you realize how little sense you are making right now

honestly

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