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[HN] Study: 87% of classic video games are not legally available (gamehistory.org)
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[-] tobier@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If you bundle cryptographic keys, bios or other copyrighted content then yes obviously it's illegal.

It's not illegal to implement an emulator.

this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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