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Old December 4th, 2005, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by JetwingX
don't quote me on this, but i have seen a few sites that have analyzed the DMCA and it says something like if the system is no longer sold, you are ok. let me go look.....

(3) Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and which require the original media or hardware as a condition of access. A format shall be considered obsolete if the machine or system necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.
So, distributing ROMs for Sega MegaDrive or SNES is (possibly) not bad at all. But I can get sacked for distributing ROMs for GameBoy Advance games?
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