arcticandyb wrote:
BTW which Amiga company has ever declared it's okay to rip the rom from a real Amiga?
It's sort of like the urban myth that says copyright law allows for backups of CDs and CDRoms.
The right to make backups may not be explicitly mentioned in a law, but the question is whether this falls under "fair use".
This is a concept that exists in many countries as far as I am aware (eg, see
http://www.eff.org/cafe/gross1.html for the US).
Despite the music industry's best efforts to erode our rights, I was not aware that making backups is no longer considered fair use, either in the US or anywhere else (at least, as long as it is not 'protected' in some way!)
With regards to ROMs, emulation has been shown to be legal in some cases (eg, Sony vs Connectix and Bleem in the US) but I guess it may have to wait for a court ruling (and not what an "Amiga company" says) to decide the legality of emulating Amiga ROMs.
