• limitedduck@awful.systems
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      8 months ago

      Personal preservation is perfectly valid and doesn’t automatically mean sharing aka piracy. If killing emulation prevents a legit owner from playing their game you’re diminishing the authority of that ownership. Now I’m not arguing all claims of personal preservation are always ok since some games give you a limited license to play and are not owned, but that just means it’s important to see the nuance

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      8 months ago

      That is completely irrelevant. Piracy is already illegal. If you pirate software you can be jailed and/or sued.

      Emulation development, however, is completely legal and protected by law and precedent.