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- Metroider17
I live in the US and there are insane laws on copyrights for video games. I want to play the original Final Fantasy 7 for PSX or PC (this is an example, really any game no longer mass produced) The problem is the used ones start at 75 and the new ones are like 300+. That is absolutely ridiculous.
I however being a law abiding citizen, choose not to try to emulate the game since I do not own a legal copy of the game. Sure it could be really easy for me to just emulate the game and play it but that would be consider illegal because sony and squaresoft still own the rights to the game.
Despite all this, I am lost as to what I could do to play the beloved FF7 legally without having to fork out a bunch of money.
That is an example of something I wish to know more about. Nintendo has a strict no tolerance policy that any emulation of any of their games is illegal. With the advent of the Wii virtual console you now have the option of buying the games properly (still no stupid goldeneye or super star wars, how could I play those legally if I do not own the games?)
I guess what I am trying to ask is how can there be certain exceptions to these rules? Surely the companies who made these amazing selling games would want to make money off the games and satisfy their customers with these great games.
I see though a lot of the cases...we are left cold turkey suffering with the great dillema...emulate the games illegally or fork out a bunch of money for used games (in which only the seller of the game then gets the money)
Yes I know soon we will be able to play these games again, saying maybe if you could buy FF7 to play on your PS3 (in which making you buy the console). It just really aggervates me the state in which this is all in...seeking a solution.
Sorry if I repeated myself a bit and if any of my information is incorrect please feel free to correct it. I hope I got my point across and hope to see some insightful information to this dillema...
I however being a law abiding citizen, choose not to try to emulate the game since I do not own a legal copy of the game. Sure it could be really easy for me to just emulate the game and play it but that would be consider illegal because sony and squaresoft still own the rights to the game.
Despite all this, I am lost as to what I could do to play the beloved FF7 legally without having to fork out a bunch of money.
That is an example of something I wish to know more about. Nintendo has a strict no tolerance policy that any emulation of any of their games is illegal. With the advent of the Wii virtual console you now have the option of buying the games properly (still no stupid goldeneye or super star wars, how could I play those legally if I do not own the games?)
I guess what I am trying to ask is how can there be certain exceptions to these rules? Surely the companies who made these amazing selling games would want to make money off the games and satisfy their customers with these great games.
I see though a lot of the cases...we are left cold turkey suffering with the great dillema...emulate the games illegally or fork out a bunch of money for used games (in which only the seller of the game then gets the money)
Yes I know soon we will be able to play these games again, saying maybe if you could buy FF7 to play on your PS3 (in which making you buy the console). It just really aggervates me the state in which this is all in...seeking a solution.
Sorry if I repeated myself a bit and if any of my information is incorrect please feel free to correct it. I hope I got my point across and hope to see some insightful information to this dillema...