EvilElectro Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Why are patches only allowed and not roms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Because posting ROMs is against the law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoncat Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 It's a slippery issue. There are rom sites out there, but I guess the admins here don't want to be considered a rom site. It's the same thing on a lot of forums sans those of rom sites. I get it's against the law, but rom hacking itself is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Agent of Chaos Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 ROM/ISO images contain copyrighted data, which can cause the copyright holders to take legal action against the web hosts and sites that have them, if discovered. Patches contain only changes made to the ROM. Although some of them also contain copyrighted data from elsewhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Yeah, ROMs are a big no-no due to copyright laws. We want to provide users with convenient and consistent access to the website, which could potentially be severely impacted if we hosted ROMs and we were hit with a DCMA from Nintendo or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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