Originally posted by Ushgarak
Seeing as roms are illegal unless you actually own the game, there is no way for you to be referring to them as useful to have unless it is illegal talk.
But it's not like we're advertising it. There is nothing wrong with talking about things that are illegal, people talk about underage drinking and such in threads. We're not posting any links to any sites where downloading roms is possible and even if we were there are always disclaimers on the sites telling people that it's against the law unless used for backup purposes. Why not leave it up to the people to decide, they have every right to know about roms and emulators; they serve a use in a legal sense. It's fine for Lana to stop discussion on Roms and Emulators in a thread that doesn't relate to it at all, but this thread can. The fact that something can be against the law really shouldn't be taken in to account, we're not promoting breaking the law but simply stating that the option is there, from what I've read in this thread gametap can have something to do with retro gaming and roms can serve as an alternative, whether it's legality is there or not. It's just a discussion.