Nintendo belatedly responds to Earth shattering emulation news
Nintendo seeks to stamp out emulation
You may have noticed that several lazy journalists from other sites have all been writing about the sudden emergence of Game Boy Advance emulators and ROMs on the evil old Internet. We don’t know who came up with this idea first or who copied who and we don’t really care.
The truth of the matter is that within hours of the games becoming available, they had been ripped and were running on one of the many emulation sets for the console which have been around for well over a year. It was possible to download an emulator and have the complete Japanese launch line-up running on your PC, all downloaded from one of many Korean and Chinese servers.
The last thing Nintendo and the gaming world in general needs is a bunch of writers with nothing better to do drawing attention to this fact.
Many of the sites have tried to claim that they alerted Nintendo to this new menace, forcing the company to respond. This is either deliberate lying or unbelievable stupidity.
Nintendo has been possibly the closest monitor of the emulation scene since it first emerged back in 1996. Nintendo was the first company to make the move towards stamping out the ROM distributors, and was the first of many to have all ROM sets bound as illegal and take distributors to court.
Nintendo has a very clear policy on this and aims to dispel any misunderstandings. “There is a good deal of misinformation on the Internet regarding the backup/archival copy exception. It is not a "second copy" rule and is often mistakenly cited for the proposition that if you have one lawful copy of a copyrighted work, you are entitled to have a second copy of the copyrighted work even if that second copy is an infringing copy. The backup/archival copy exception is a very narrow limitation relating to a copy being made by the rightful owner of an authentic game to ensure he or she has one in the event of damage or destruction of the authentic. It is well established by judicial decisions in the United States that this limited exception does not apply to game data contained in ROM semiconductor chips in video game cartridges. Therefore, whether you have already an authentic game or not, or whether you have possession of a Nintendo ROM for a limited amount of time, i.e. 24 hours, it is illegal to download and play a Nintendo ROM from the Internet.”
For more information visit http://www.nintendo.com/corp/faqs/legal.html#copying to read the full FAQ on the subject.
So Nintendo, a company that has doubtlessly monitored the Game Boy Advance emulation scene, has been forced to make a statement so here it is. "Game Boy Advance has been so widely anticipated that it is not surprising that these emulators and pirate games have already made their way on to the web. However, these downloadable games are illegal and, in the long run, are not good for the gamer or the games industry.
"These copies are imitations and since they can only be played on a PC do not bring the uniqueness that GBA as a handheld console brings to the gameplay, which is the ability to enjoy console quality gaming anywhere."
Emulation can be very damaging to games developers and publishers and you are most likely breaking the law if you participate. Anyway, who wants to play GBA games on a PC? Get a life, get a Game Boy Advance.
The truth of the matter is that within hours of the games becoming available, they had been ripped and were running on one of the many emulation sets for the console which have been around for well over a year. It was possible to download an emulator and have the complete Japanese launch line-up running on your PC, all downloaded from one of many Korean and Chinese servers.
The last thing Nintendo and the gaming world in general needs is a bunch of writers with nothing better to do drawing attention to this fact.
Many of the sites have tried to claim that they alerted Nintendo to this new menace, forcing the company to respond. This is either deliberate lying or unbelievable stupidity.
Nintendo has been possibly the closest monitor of the emulation scene since it first emerged back in 1996. Nintendo was the first company to make the move towards stamping out the ROM distributors, and was the first of many to have all ROM sets bound as illegal and take distributors to court.
Nintendo has a very clear policy on this and aims to dispel any misunderstandings. “There is a good deal of misinformation on the Internet regarding the backup/archival copy exception. It is not a "second copy" rule and is often mistakenly cited for the proposition that if you have one lawful copy of a copyrighted work, you are entitled to have a second copy of the copyrighted work even if that second copy is an infringing copy. The backup/archival copy exception is a very narrow limitation relating to a copy being made by the rightful owner of an authentic game to ensure he or she has one in the event of damage or destruction of the authentic. It is well established by judicial decisions in the United States that this limited exception does not apply to game data contained in ROM semiconductor chips in video game cartridges. Therefore, whether you have already an authentic game or not, or whether you have possession of a Nintendo ROM for a limited amount of time, i.e. 24 hours, it is illegal to download and play a Nintendo ROM from the Internet.”
For more information visit http://www.nintendo.com/corp/faqs/legal.html#copying to read the full FAQ on the subject.
So Nintendo, a company that has doubtlessly monitored the Game Boy Advance emulation scene, has been forced to make a statement so here it is. "Game Boy Advance has been so widely anticipated that it is not surprising that these emulators and pirate games have already made their way on to the web. However, these downloadable games are illegal and, in the long run, are not good for the gamer or the games industry.
"These copies are imitations and since they can only be played on a PC do not bring the uniqueness that GBA as a handheld console brings to the gameplay, which is the ability to enjoy console quality gaming anywhere."
Emulation can be very damaging to games developers and publishers and you are most likely breaking the law if you participate. Anyway, who wants to play GBA games on a PC? Get a life, get a Game Boy Advance.
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