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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Games@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago

Huge internet emulation website ROMhacking changes to news only and releases entire 11GB of files onto Internet Archive for preservation

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Huge internet emulation website ROMhacking changes to news only and releases entire 11GB of files onto Internet Archive for preservation

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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Games@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netBanned
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    Seems like every quarter there’s news of ROM sites getting picked off. Why aren’t people rushing to change hosting to Russia or some other country that doesn’t care about wester IP laws

    • D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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      I don’t think this was an IP cease and desist issue, just a person who kept stepping on their own feet to refuse to create a plan for handing off the day to day to other people.

      • BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Yeah, these aren’t ROMs, they’re just ROM hacks. I don’t think any copyright law can stop you from distributing these because they’re just slight changes to the original code - if they could, then any Action Replay/Gameshark/region bypass devices would’ve already been banned.

        • roux [they/them, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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          Yup. You still need to source your own ROMs for these hacks.

        • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          It doesn’t matter what’s legal, it matters what you actually want to challenge in court or not.

          Nintendo has shut down a romhack before (Project M - smash bros Wii mod). Even though you needed to have access to a legit copy to play it the way they tell you to on their website.

          They’re even shutting down emulators that don’t include proprietary bios stuff that you’re “supposed” to rip off your own console. They shut down Nintendo Switch emulators.

  • Gay_Tomato [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.net
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    This was likely a result of incompetence and boomer level stubborness/entitlement from the site owner. The fact that the article didn’t even mention this response is bad journalism.

    • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      …what the hell were they doing that made S3 more cost-effective for that amount of storage?

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        deleted by creator

  • Monk3brain3 [any, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Private torreng sites are the last holdout of old content. I just hope there are nerds around still willing to put the effort in to keep them going.

  • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    I also noticed z-library got taken down again when I tried yesterday, it was working juts a month ago kitty-birthday-sad

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    I hope the community pulls together to find a new centralised site/place for new hacks. There are a load of hacks being worked on currently and trying to keep up to date as things stand now isn’t ideal

    They did say they wouid post news.

    I have the backup on our nas just in case the site eventually disappears.

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