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| Ice Man Posts: 167/348 |
Eh. Really, don't let them bitch about it as the chance to get caught is 1%. Hell, even my mom plays ROMs sometimes. |
| Clockwork JB Posts: 109/267 |
This is really a big fuss over nothing. If you feel bad about downloading roms, then don't. It's that simple. btw, if it wasn't for caffiene, I'd have turned out to be yet another conformist robot adhering to the strict code of society. |
| Disch Posts: 68/202 |
Originally posted by Steak Everybody seems to think it's about money. "They're not making money off those games any more -- so why do they care". Aside from that being bullshit -- it's also not even directly about money -- but rather about ownership and intellectual rights. Rather than repeat myself -- I'll simply link to my post in another thread made a while ago about a similar topic: http://board.acmlm.org/thread.php?pid=19555&r=1#19555 |
| Salmon Steak Posts: 123/178 |
Can't help but point out drunk driving stats of the US vs. most (if not all) of Europe...where'd I describe the drinking laws as "logical." By the time kids reach driving age, they've already had enough contact with al-key-hall that they're not stupid about it as often as Americans. *cuts self off before becoming long-winded* See Penn & Teller's Bullshit! episode about the War on Drugs for more.
As far as ROMs are concerned...why sweat? certainly at to the point that you have? And...more interestingly...why do they shreik "Shenanigans!" over the old games that've been out of production for *years*? I mean, seriously...they've no room to bitch; they haven't been making money on some of these games since the mid-late 80's, yet they still get upset? What if somebody didn't download the ROMs they have? And...on that note...where might I find/buy a copier, so as to rip m' own ROMs? or perhaps a schematic diagram of one so that I could build it? |
| Disch Posts: 67/202 |
But at 18 you're no longer a child in the eyes of the law. And around 20 you're about at your peak physically (you could say you don't grow any more from that point -- you just age) -- yet both are "underage"
And speaking of toxins... I don't hear people screaming about serving caffeine to minors. *disclaimer: I don't really care about the points I'm making above -- I'm just arguing to argue -- playing devils advocate. |
| Clockwork JB Posts: 101/267 |
Originally posted by Gavin I'm not saying that, just that giving children what is essentially a toxin laden substance doesn't sit well with my concience. |
| Gavin Posts: 124/181 |
"Downloading ROMs a crime?", from the makers of:
"Breathing, a necessity??" Stay tuned at 10:00 PM to find out. This thread is idiotic. I was hoping somewhere someone was going to tell us all it was just a joke.. Originally posted by Clockwork JBOriginally posted by FreeDOS + If you believe that morality and righteousness are paralell to government imposed law, then yes. So by that measure slavery and segregation were only immoral after the laws were changed  |
| Cynthia Posts: 1576/5814 |
Actually, Pong (the arcade original at least) CANNOT be downloaded since it doesn't have roms.  So replace that with Pac-Man and your statement's good. |
| Riku Posts: 485/1823 |
There are too many ROM's on too many computers for the goverment to do anything about. Like they'll bust down my door for downloading an N64 game...
Besides, 60-80 percent of all Americans don't even know what ROM's are. I would probably warrent a $10,000 penalty with all this crap on my computer. But, meh. |
| Clockwork JB Posts: 69/267 |
Originally posted by FreeDOS + Uh Oh... |
| FreeDOS + Posts: 291/1312 |
Originally posted by Colin Duh. Even downloading Pong earns you 4 consecutive life sentences. |
| Trapster Posts: 2319/3604 |
Ah, yes. The Pirate Party. I´ve only heard about them so far. Sounds like nice guys.
I think I´ll vote for them. |
| Ailure Posts: 820/2602 |
Originally posted by ColinThough it depends on where you live, the police in Sweden spefically said that they won't hunt after pirates. Besides, with political groups like the pirate party, I have high hopes for the future. :3 |
| Pac Posts: 139/804 |
Originally posted by insectduel Huh? 
Oh, right. _¬ Seriously man, just relax, snd take all that General Disclaimer shite off your site too.
Honestly, nobody gives a rats ass. _¬ |
| Stifu Posts: 177/647 |
Originally posted by Clockwork JB That's still not a "morality" issue to me, more like a health / bad habit prevention thing. Moral has little to do with it... |
| Clockwork JB Posts: 58/267 |
Talking about all this drink makes me want a nice cold beer *Goes to the fridge to grab a beer* |
| Cynthia Posts: 1557/5814 |
So we're OK with underage drinking, slave labor and ripping tags off matresses, but roms are bad.
Nice to know our priorities are straight. |
| Zem Posts: 807/1097 |
Originally posted by Clockwork JB I guess not. It might interfere with their valuable work in the coal mines. |
| asdf Posts: 846/4077 |
Originally posted by Ran-chan + QFE. The people who enforce this law have better things to worry about than some small-time ROM downloader. They wouldn't even hunt you down if you downloaded every game that exists in ROM form, bragged about it, and gave proof. I don't even think they care at all about ROM sites. |
| Clockwork JB Posts: 48/267 |
What, so now we should be encouraging the children to drink? |
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