F1ReB4LL wrote:Companies aren't so stupid, if there's a checksum - there are releases somewhere, that's why MAME follows the "3 years" rule and excludes single games by request. Hosting .torrent files is also legal (theoretically), but many trackers are being constantly sued (even MiniNova, which isn't even a tracker). I don't see a reason to be so brave, we should have some caution to prevent the possible unpleasant consequences.
Mame is not a DB, it's a software which emulates copyrighted games so they can have problems (in reality they will have any problem if they are smart, people who normally sued torrents sites and so on are people who has nothing to do with big companies. They are only intermediary that wants to make money and act like nazi, most of times they send their shit emails without even saying who they are. They simply are considered too much and they act on fear). Normally big companies are more interested in region bypass or hardware hacking, normally real piracy is only a great deal for console producers (more piracy more console sales).
No-intro releases dats for GBA and NDS the same day a game is on shelf and I never hear they were sued or else.
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Topology can't be really called the "data", so we don't plan to dump them. Also, I don't like an idea to dump the very recent titles (3 years old and newer) - this is piracy, not preservation (recent titles aren't going to extinct or something).
