From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Tue Oct 12 2004 - 11:39:45 PDT
On Oct 12, 2004, at 11:17 AM, Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote:
> Martin Joseph wrote:
>> On Oct 12, 2004, at 10:26 AM, Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote:
>>> I'd rather play my
>>> own copy of Galaga than download it from some site somewhere and then
>>> having to worry about some copyright protection association knocking
>>> on
>>> my door.
>>>
>> Not to start a legal thread AGAIN, but as long as you have the
>> cartridge, I think your ass is covered.
>
> Except there's still the time, trouble and expense of a potential
> lawsuit. One of the problems with these copyright enforcement people is
> that they seem to have little regard for the consumers fair use rights,
> and they can often get away with acts of injustice because people don't
> have either the resources or the will to fight them in court. Which is
> why I'd rather make my own rom images than download them - it just
> feels
> safer.
Of course making them yourself makes no difference to the RIAA type
thugs who want to intimidate and/or force you into something... It
really would be good if more people stood up to them, as they are bunch
of A$$holes.
>
> Seeing as there are sites where people can download rom images, it must
> be possible to make one's own - but I've trawled through google and
> I've
> come up empty. You would think there'd be greater secrecy about the
> sites that distribute the rom images than the technology used to create
> the images in the first place.You'd even think that there'd be a market
> for cartridge readers that sit in a spare drive bay or hang off a USB
> port.
I think you can crack the cartridges open and put the actual IC's into
a Eprom reader/burner
Marty
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