Posted by MikEy on 16, 2000 at 12:59 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Do you have a life? posted by Just Michael on 15, 2000 at 9:34 PM:
Talk about pathetic. Your reasoning. Your spelling. And you are STILL in your youth... Look, I've made no personal attacks, merely stated facts that I would hope you could comprehend. Think and read before you attack... Enjoy the rest of this comment. And until you have something to add that has something to do with the subject at hand, keep your personal digs to your grade school class...
: I don't have 2100 roms on my hard drive. Also I have never gotten a cd of roms from anyone.
God, I'm sorry. I didn't realize we had such a highly regarded moral person on our board!
:Besides that, ROM sites normally get shut down.
Because of piracy. Keep distributing ROMS without any legal regard and there will soon be NO way to get the ROMS. For the people who don't have them, download them and answer the ethical question to whether you have the legal right to own them. THAT'S ONE SMALL WAY TO GET AROUND THE LEGAL ISSUE AS THEY ARE FOR BACKUP PURPOSE ONLY - WHICH IS 100% LEGAL (providing you actually own the game). Putting them on CD ROM gives no legal way to own them. Most of them are illegal, and the person who issues them are at fault, yes. BUT, by widespread distribution, you are going to do nothing but kill the scene.
:It sounds like you care nothing about playing the games of our youth and the memories associated with that.
Playing games is great and I love reliving my youth. But it is illegal any way you look at it when you have no legal right to the ROMS. Doing something illegal is one thing, flauting it on the internet is another. And that's what is going on here.
:Your just concerned with getting roms. You just want something for nothing. How pathetic...
I'd really like to hear how you came up with this conclusion...
-MikEy