Timeline for Using downloaded NES/SNES ROM files for research work -- is this covered under "fair use"?
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| May 9, 2022 at 12:13 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @cag51 Quite possibly they are not legally allowed to do this. There is a difference between "Is it illegal" and "Will you be sued". There are projects out there to decompile Nintendo games (newer ones written in C) and Nintendo has only taken action against the ones that included copies of ROM files. | |
| Apr 15, 2022 at 13:22 | comment | added | kbc |
@cag51 Thanks for info. I did came across the gym-super-mario-bros during my research. The LICENSE.info of the said project highlights the educational use only. I think most of the times, there is greater flexibility with IPRs when there is non-profit academic use. Still, this broader assumption varies as per jurisdiction.
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| Mar 26, 2022 at 4:22 | comment | added | cag51♦ | Interesting question. Here is a well-established Python library that has the necessary ROM + emulator prepackaged; this has been widely used for research and teaching. I don't see any discussion of why they're legally allowed to do this, however. | |
| Mar 26, 2022 at 4:16 | history | edited | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Mar 26, 2022 at 2:55 | history | suggested | user154796 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 14, 2021 at 5:04 | history | edited | kbc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2018 at 16:36 | comment | added | anonymous | I seem to recall that there are some developers making new games and distributing them as ROMs for play on emulators. Depending on the research objective, that might be the safest route across the board since you can get explicit permission from the author and avoid potential legal issues with ROMs of cartridges. | |
| Dec 10, 2018 at 5:25 | history | edited | kbc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 9, 2018 at 0:54 | answer | added | Tonepoet | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 8, 2018 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1071192717894533120 | ||
| Dec 7, 2018 at 16:56 | comment | added | Time4Tea | I think you should be prepared for the possibility that there may not be a way to do this legally. Ultimately, those games are the legal property of Nintendo, so I would think it would be up to them to decide how they can be used. For all you know, those other researchers might be on questionable legal ground. As other people have suggested, if you are concerned about this, you should contact a lawyer that works in this area. | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 16:44 | history | edited | kbc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 7, 2018 at 16:05 | answer | added | Time4Tea | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 16:01 | history | edited | kbc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 7, 2018 at 15:31 | history | edited | kbc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 7, 2018 at 15:22 | history | edited | kbc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 7, 2018 at 15:16 | comment | added | Time4Tea | Why does it need to be these particular proprietary games? Could you make do with similar free/open- source games, as an alternative? Perhaps you could clarify what the goal of the research is? | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 14:58 | comment | added | henning no longer feeds AI | Relevant question on a sister site: gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/795/… | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 14:55 | history | edited | kbc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 7, 2018 at 14:52 | answer | added | Anyon | timeline score: 6 | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 14:33 | answer | added | Phil | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 14:11 | comment | added | Anyon | Is your research focused on the games themselves, or on the emulation aspects? (My previous comment assumed the former, and used "original games" to mean "original cartridges".) | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 13:18 | comment | added | Anyon | For your use case, however, obtaining/borrowing the original games might be easier than worrying about the legal and ethical aspects. | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 13:16 | comment | added | Anyon | When asking about whether something is legal, you really need to specify the jurisdiction. I would also recommend speaking to a local lawyer specializing in this area of law. | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 13:16 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 6 | |
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| Dec 7, 2018 at 13:02 | history | asked | kbc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |