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Is ROM Collecting Wrong, or Just Misunderstood?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the piracy-or-public-domain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Game Bunker has posted an interesting article on whether you should own roms or not. With the latest piracy concerns, I think it's a good topic to bring up." The various writers at Game Bunker do a good job of showing the different sides of this issue, with some siding with industry while others, like most of us, merely want to play old games without having to dig up an ancient console.

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  1. Just think about the artists! by duffbeer703 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The coders of QBert are starving right now because evil pirates aren't buying their software!

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  2. Re:Doesn't change the law by Schnapple · · Score: 3, Funny
    does the publisher ever see any money from used game sales?
    Nope. This is why, for more recent games, game stores love used games - they keep everything above the price they paid to the person who sold them the used game. This is also why, when music stores started to carry used CD's, they got all kinds of hell from the RIAA.

    I guess I was really alluding to the fact that most people like having lots of old carts, the systems for nostalgia, and the fact that you never have to worry about the quality of the emulator if you have the "real thing"

    Plus, I never have to blow on a ROM to get it to work.
    Depends on what kinds of games you're into.
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    Schnapple

  3. Re:Captain Pedantic Strikes Again! by Captain+Pedantic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually I didn't, but I do agree with your post.

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