Speaking of demos it would be nice to have official Dreamcast game demos downloadable for n00bs. If the games were ripped from the demo CD's as single game demos and made into bootable iso's it would be an easy small download for people that don't have full games too play. I'm sure once you patch the demos and make them bootable the legality goes out the window though. If it were legal it would be a real nice thing to have available.
Anyone know if distributing bootable demos would be illegal? It probably is but really shouldn't be because the demos were never for sale in the first place and never will be.
Speaking of demos it would be nice to have official Dreamcast game demos downloadable for n00bs. If the games were ripped from the demo CD's as single game demos and made into bootable iso's it would be an easy small download for people that don't have full games too play. I'm sure once you patch the demos and make them bootable the legality goes out the window though. If it were legal it would be a real nice thing to have available.
Anyone know if distributing bootable demos would be illegal? It probably is but really shouldn't be because the demos were never for sale in the first place and never will be.
The fact that they were demo versions and not for sale doesn't make them PUBLIC DOMAIN. All of the code and artwork is owned by the original developers and publishers. Therefore we can't be getting involved with this conversation (well other than talking abt it ). Piracy is Piracy and companies like SEGA and EA will and do sue.