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Unfortunately, our ‘friends’ at Nintendo are scaring ROM sites away is a ROM download website that until very recently, hosted downloads for games and BIOSes of older consoles such as the PSP, NES, SNES, Genesis and many others. However, this changed with a recent announcement that shook the website to its core. Yesterday, EmuParadise, which has been online for 18 years, announced that the website’s going to start following a different path; that is a path without hosting retro ROM and BIOS downloads. This decision came due to the fear of legal action being taken against the website which could potentially lead to disastrous life-changing consequences for those who run the site. Farewell sweet prince! It is possible that EmuParadise stopped serving ROMs because of.
In that lawsuit, Nintendo is suing for $100 million which is a enormous sum of money that ROM websites, being mostly run by hobbyists, can’t afford to pay. What’ll become of EmuParadise? How will I be affected? While the website won’t be hosting any game ROMs, it will still be staying online. From now on, the site will only be offering its emulator database, forums, chat and other retro gaming related content which doesn’t involve piracy. Retro mini-consoles are good and all but their limited selection of games doesn’t prevent ROM piracy that much Obviously, the shutting down of EmuParadise will sadden many and it’s a moderate blow to the retro game piracy sphere. That being said, other ROM websites still exist and as of right now, a simple Google search still comes up with download links for older console games.
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Conclusion While piracy will still go on, it would perhaps be a better solution to pursue a legal solution to retro ROM distribution. I personally think it’s likely that less people would pirate retro game ROMs if there’s a legal service which offers our favourite retro game ROMs for a reasonable price! Source (more in-depth information). I’m not against downloading ROMS, for personal use, and from classic systems. Most of them are really hard to get on fairly good condition and at a fair price.
But against those that pretend to sell them with “old” consoles capable of emulation (Wii, PSP, XBOX, XBOX 360, and alike). Or as a separate buy (where they only provide a link to them), which makes no sense and proves their greed. Nintendo is protecting their copyrights and interests, as most holders do.
The diference here is that the impact of such actions is bigger that with other brands/products, because of their games popularity. Just another reason copyright law needs to be burned to the ground, and re-written entirely.
Any unique media, 20 years or older, should be released to public domain. If you can’t capitalize and profit on your product in 20 friggen years? Then GTFO of the business. IP rights are kept just fine, but going after these roms, movies, books, music, etc. Should be public domain, for private use. You cannot charge money for them, or profit from them.
This 75 year BS is beyond the realm of stupid, and clear into the realm of insanity. Then they will argue that they can Redistribute on current Systems as a way to keep it.
But in total Agreement. If there is a Game out there, that is NOT being Redistributed, the Parent Company no longer has Interest in it, or there is no way to run it on current Systems except through Emulation, or Virtual OS, then it should be available for others. 1 example: Blood Pong or Pong Kombat 3. Both Games were released back in the Mid-Late 90s, and the Parent Company has moved on from it.
I even contacted them about it. They do not have anything related to it anymore.
Not even a SDK, or Git, or Backup of it to go on. The only Copy that can be obtained ANYWHERE is the Demo/Trial of it. Unless someone can analyze it to find the Unlock/Key, it will only be a Demo. We should start a grassroots movement to make the copyright term equal to the patent term. If you, as an “inventor” or “innovator” make a device that with sunlight alone makes drinking water from salt seawater, you get 20 years to monetize your work, then it’s free for everyone to make, sell, whatever, as it’ll be in the public domain. This is why “generic” medications are so much cheaper than the brand name product. Since that patent system works so very well, and benefits society, 20 years should be enough for “authors” too.
The only public domain we have in the copyright system are old books you have to read in school and some wax rolls with scratchy music your grandparent’s grandpa used to listen to. In that case EmuParadise can offer any ROM/iso from 1997 and before.