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Tue, 24 June 2003 14:28

warranto
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I must make an apology to sjezk3. I did some further research into the legality of roms and I discovered something. Since roms fall under the title of 'software' distributing roms can be legal.

However there is a catch.

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by the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $ 1,000 shall be punished as provided under section 2319 of title 18, United States Code.

To explain it, you can distribute Roms, but only so much. Considering the retail value is, we'll say about $50 US just for simplicity. You cannot distribute more than 20 roms every 180 days. So, if you limit the number of downloads to 20 every 180 days, I won't have a problem with you keeping your site up.

And yes it's easy to check if this limit has been implemented.

Just to let you know the legal course if the law is broken...

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"(1) shall be imprisoned not more than 3 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense consists of the reproduction or distribution of 10 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of $ 2,500 or more;

"(2) shall be imprisoned not more than 6 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense is a second or subsequent offense under paragraph (1); and

"(3) shall be imprisoned not more than 1 year, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense consists of the reproduction or distribution of 1 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $ 1,000.

by the way, thats not 20 of each rom, thats 20 roms in total.

EDIT: just put in this last line.

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		Carbons world By: sjezk3 on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:38
		Carbons world By: Javaxcx on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:43
		??? By: sjezk3 on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:44
		Carbons world By: Javaxcx on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:46
		ok By: sjezk3 on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:48
		Carbons world By: Javaxcx on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:50
		lol By: sjezk3 on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:51
		Carbons world By: Javaxcx on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:53
		Carbons world By: Javaxcx on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:56
		Carbons world By: sjezk3 on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:57
		Carbons world By: Javaxcx on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:58
		wft By: sjezk3 on Mon, 23 June 2003 19:58
		Re: wft By: Javaxcx on Mon, 23 June 2003 20:00
		Carbons world By: sjezk3 on Mon, 23 June 2003 20:01
		Carbons world By: Javaxcx on Mon, 23 June 2003 20:03
		roms By: sjezk3 on Mon, 23 June 2003 20:07
		Carbons world By: Javaxcx on Mon, 23 June 2003 20:11
		mm k By: sjezk3 on Mon, 23 June 2003 20:12
		Carbons world By: Crimson on Mon, 23 June 2003 20:18
		Carbons world By: PsY on Mon, 23 June 2003 21:35
		Re: roms By: PsY on Mon, 23 June 2003 21:44
		Carbons world By: spreegem on Mon, 23 June 2003 21:56
		Carbons world By: warranto on Tue, 24 June 2003 00:06
		duhhh By: sjezk3 on Tue, 24 June 2003 07:09
		stupid By: sjezk3 on Tue, 24 June 2003 07:23
		Carbons world By: warranto on Tue, 24 June 2003 07:36
		Carbons world By: Skier222 on Tue, 24 June 2003 07:41
		Carbons world By: Crimson on Tue, 24 June 2003 07:46
		Carbons world By: Aircraftkiller on Tue, 24 June 2003 07:51
		crimson By: sjezk3 on Tue, 24 June 2003 07:52
		Carbons world By: warranto on Tue, 24 June 2003 10:30
		Carbons world By: K9Trooper on Tue, 24 June 2003 10:44
		Carbons world By: warranto on Tue, 24 June 2003 14:28
		Carbons world By: sjezk3 on Tue, 24 June 2003 14:48
		? By: sjezk3 on Tue, 24 June 2003 14:59
		Carbons world By: warranto on Tue, 24 June 2003 15:43
		Carbons world By: sjezk3 on Tue, 24 June 2003 15:52
		Carbons world By: ----- on Tue, 24 June 2003 16:43
		Carbons world By: sjezk3 on Tue, 24 June 2003 17:31
		Carbons world By: warranto on Tue, 24 June 2003 21:57
		Carbons world By: Paragon on Tue, 24 June 2003 22:46
		Carbons world By: PsY on Tue, 24 June 2003 23:01
		Carbons world By: DarkDemin on Wed, 25 June 2003 03:02

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