The legalization of ROMs and other Abandonware

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Obsolete Video Games Now Legal to Own

The Library of Congress has recently granted copyright exemptions in the Digital Millenium Act to obsolete games. The exemption applies to games that require the original hardware as a condition of access, and if the game is “no longer manufactured or reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.” This means that old, unsupported PC, console and arcade games will now be legal to own (so your illegal copy of Mame roms are now legit). The only muddy side is if publishers consider their old games to be “reasonably available” and plan to release classic games as bundles or bonuses, then the copyright protection still stands.
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Yay! Now all the good ROM sites will hopefully come back! Does anybody know where I find a high quality site and get some NES or SNES games?
 
C:DOS has the biggest collection of old PC games, but they are currently undergoing some MAJOR reconstruction. They are making progress, though, so they should be online real soon. I can't wait! :D

Btw., the URL is http://cdos.serveftp.org/, but right now only news and info site is online. You can also post your comments or make generous donations. :wink:
 
I should have known it was too good to be true. Greedy bastards. Now I will pirate games even more than before. Hack da planet!
 
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