@Kalmaro Owners of older hardware including cartridges for 8 and 16-bit systems have every legal right to read and interpret the data contained on those cartridges and store it elsewhere for backup or personal use purposes. It only enters illegal territory when they share the data dump in the form of a ROM file and then distribute those online to people who may not own legal cartridges. Flash carts can allow legal owners to store many of their cartridges in one location, while keeping the original cartridges free of wear and tear.
There's no reason NL shouldn't share their approval of such devices even while acknowledging that they can be used in an illegal manner. After all, pretty much any product you can obtain legally can be used to commit illegal acts.
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Re: Flash Carts Could Be Slowly Killing Your Retro Consoles
@Kalmaro Owners of older hardware including cartridges for 8 and 16-bit systems have every legal right to read and interpret the data contained on those cartridges and store it elsewhere for backup or personal use purposes. It only enters illegal territory when they share the data dump in the form of a ROM file and then distribute those online to people who may not own legal cartridges. Flash carts can allow legal owners to store many of their cartridges in one location, while keeping the original cartridges free of wear and tear.
There's no reason NL shouldn't share their approval of such devices even while acknowledging that they can be used in an illegal manner. After all, pretty much any product you can obtain legally can be used to commit illegal acts.