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Legal situation console / arcade system emulators

Allowed in certain countries

  • You may create backups of your legally purchased media (CD / DVD / BD)
  • You may use a console or arcade system emulator that uses a self-created, rewritten bios
  • You may download but do not use copyright protected content …

Not allowed in certain countries

  • You may not create security backups by circumventing copy protection from your legally purchased media (CD / DVD / BD)
  • You must not use a console or arcade system emulator that uses a bios readout from a electronic storage (internal BIOS of consoles or arcade systems)
  • You may not readout games from a electronic storage (Game-Cartridges or internally in consoles or arcade systems) and therefore do not use them (so-called ROM’s)
  • You may not download or use copyrighted content

Excluded from these rules are all content explicitly released by the owners of the respective rights

Legally, this area is moving in a dark gray zone. It is advisable to observe and comply with the applicable regional and national laws and regulations. The information contained on Freetargets.net is for information purposes only and does not represent the opinion that use is legally permitted