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AppleQueso:
That's the thing, I don't see him, or other reproduction cart makers, as profiting off of the work of others, I see them as providing a service. Obviously he and others who do this sort of thing feel the same way, none of them are trying to profit off of the work that went into making these roms to begin with.

Do you feel that all reproduction cart makers are just scummy bootleggers?

Doom:
Thinking in black and white is easy. "No tolerance" policies in the USA help authority figures make decisions easily.

The world isn't black and white. Copyright law can be good - even people who illegally download anything they can find should know this.

As most people on the Internet think, copyright law can also be bad. The only reason early Disney cartoons are not in public domain now is because of extensive lobbying from Disney and others. The world is full of victimless crimes.

Who is harmed by downloading Super Mario Galaxy 2? Some pirates might say "nobody! I was never going to buy it, therefore my downloading it has no negative effect!"

That could be true, depending on the game. People like to have full collections of things, so they might download a collection of every SNES game ever. It is very illegal to do so. If you asked that person if they ever planned on playing "Cybernator", chances are good they'll say "what's Cybernator?"

On the other hand, they also just downloaded Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, and Super Mario World. All three of those games are very good, and you can purchase new versions of them in some way or another. Is it morally acceptable to take what you could pay for?

Pirates use the "never going to buy it" excuse a lot - sometimes they are being truthful, other times lying to themselves. It's true that I was "never going to buy" Cybernator. It isn't true that I was never going to buy SMG2. I bought SMG2, but not before pirating it 3 days before its release.

Think very hard about who is harmed through your actions. Be certain the answer really is 'nobody'.

AppleQueso:
I'm not sure how exactly your post relates to reproduction carts, Doom.

Doom:
Reproduction carts are against the law, but maybe since nobody is hurt by it, it doesn't matter.

Copyright infringement is against the law, even if it's with a 17 year old SNES game or 3 month old Wii game.

AppleQueso:
mm

To sort of steer this back to its original topic, this Protoman81 person is who we should be talking to and pointing fingers at, not this gamereproductions guy. He seems to have suspiciously deleted his account here, though I don't know when. His posts are still on the site though:

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=3494.msg34262#msg34262

Here he's asking badchad to upload the megaman and bass cover specifically. To turn around and then claim they were stolen from him is pretty low I'd say.

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