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No editorial on emulation is complete without confronting legality. Emulators themselves are widely legal in many jurisdictions when they’re clean-room implementations. The legal minefield appears around BIOS/firmware dumps and copyrighted game images (ROMs/ISOs). Distributing or using copyrighted game files without permission is illegal in many countries. Beyond legality, there’s an ethical debate: preservationists argue emulation preserves gaming history that rightsholders ignore; publishers claim unauthorized distribution undermines their revenue and control.
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