Re: Roms and Emulators - Legal?

[Willie Yeo <willie@singapore.com>]

In article <960920$cqu$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, lucidclarity@my-deja.com 
wrote:

> Are they still legally copyrighted?

   Copyrighted yes.

> Can I distribute them on a website?

   There are 2 sides to the fence here. Whilst there are many people are 
putting up sites for others to download, i.e. pirated software; there 
are just as many trying to close them down.

   Of course, there are people who are hot on the heels trying to track 
down copyright owners to reclassify those software to publicly available 
copyrighted "Freeware" status.

   Two such known projects :

   1 - the Treasure Chest Project

      http://www.treasurechestproject.org

      nb: Down, currently looking for new server

   2 - the Lost Classics Project

      http://www.a2central.com/lostclassics