Can you get sued for emulating?

If you own a game physically, you are likely to emulate or own a ROM of the game. However, there's no legal precedent in the United States to say it's illegal. There is no trial on record of any company going to court over emulators or ROMs and their use.

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2024-01-08 01:07:25

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Why did ea get sued?
It's believed that Electronic Arts (EA) may have illegally used facial recognition software to improperly collect players' biometric information, including scans of their faces, through its Game Face feature.
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Has nintendo sued for emulation?
This was not a lawsuit per se: Nintendo never sued Epsilon and RealityMan, the authors of the UltraHLE Nintendo 64 emulator (it is common for figures in the emulation community to go by pseudonyms), but were considering doing so for about a month earlier this year.
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Did fortnite get sued for 500 million?
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Is emulating psp games legal?
Is game emulation legal? The short answer to this question is no. The actual emulation software and its code is not illegal, but the act of downloading commercial game ROMs – what most people use emulators for – violates various international copyright laws. Basically, emulators are illegal but also not illegal.
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