Horscht posted on Aug 26 2004 at 04:33 PM said:
myth 1 IS corerct, at least in germany. But under different circumstances. You are allowed to have a ROM of a certain game,if the game is no longer available. This also includes: ebay, second hand items, and if they are not available for a period longer than i think 6 months. But because you can find almoust any game on ebay, its ilegal to download roms.
No, it's not, not even here in Germany.
The law you're talking about is an often wrong-understood AMERICAN LAW.
You MAY DOWNLOAD AND USE ROMS if you OWN the original cartridge and you can't get it to work anymore (i.e. if it's broken or the console is defect and can't be bought anymore), but ONLY if the game is not available anymore.
In the EU, you're NOT allowed to download roms.