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Comment on Super Game Boy Plus: Ultimate Super Game Boy Upgrade with Enhanced Features

Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Is it illegal to rip a game that you own onto a device that you own? My understanding is that’s 100% legal, not gray area at all. The only issue would be if you distributed it.

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xyzzy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Your understanding is incorrect if copying involves circumventing encryption or other means of protecting the data. That said, it’s not an issue for the Super NES.

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- Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  17 U.S. Code § 1201 - Circumvention of copyright protection systems
  
  Well that’s interesting. It does say the law won’t override fair use. But I assume it blocks it regardless.
  
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- lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  These games were not stored with encryption, don’t you worry
  
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turkalino@lemmy.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
That’s what I’m getting at, Nintendo only needs the argument “this could be used to rip a game onto the cartridge, then distribute it” and US courts will bend over and grant them the DMCA strike

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- v1605@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  This argument would outlaw a USB flash drive, “Your Honor, this device can store the contents of this 30 old game, it needs to be outlawed to protect all intellectual property”
  
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- Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  So you’re saying, because it would rip straight to another cartridge, it could be argued it’s streamlining distribution?
  
  I would hope that a court would see through that argument. There’s a pretty good track record of allowing personal use of personal property. But I wouldn’t be surprised either if they convinced a court that this was explicitly for distribution purposes.
  
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