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[patrickp]

Be careful, totoypaako. This is the sort of question that will get you into trouble in any responsible emulation forum.

Playstation games are usually copyrighted by the companies that make them. Therefore, the only legitimate way to obtain them is to buy original Playstation CDs and, if you want images, to rip them from those CDs.

Downloading copyrighted Playstation game images from the internet is illegal. Playstation emulation, in itself is, however, perfectly legal, as has been established by failed legal actions taken by Sony against two (now unfortunately defunct) commercial emulators, Connectix VGS and Bleem! Forums like this can only exist by limiting themselves to the legal aspects of emulation, which is probably what most of the members would want to do anyway.

If a forum was to start encouraging the illegal dissemination of Playstation games, Sony would be entitled to take legal action to close it down and, as I have mentioned, they have demonstrated that they are litigious and would not be averse to closing down Playstation emulation sites - particularly the one supporting what is currently the best Playstation emulator around.

So you'll get this on any responsible (i.e. wishing to survive) emulation site: downloading Playstation game images is ILLEGAL and you should not bring the forum into disrepute by asking where to get them. The same goes for Playstation BIOSs, which are copyrighted by SONY.

I'm afraid you're likely to get a warning from an admin for that.

Edit: besides which, Playstation games are easy enough to get. Find your local 'hole-in-the-wall' shop, look on ebay, etc. A few of the more sought-after and hard-to-get games can be expensive but, generally, you can get Playstation games pretty cheap.

[patrickp]

That is not unlike emulators from other consoles, totoypaako. It's a fundamental across legitimate emulation forums, except with emulators for old platforms where games may have passed into the public domain. Other manufacturers than Sony may not be as zealous in protecting their intellectual property, but nevertheless, it's not considered wise in emulation forums to discuss illegally obtained games and will generally be censured.

Edit: I'm not having a go at you this time - you've apologised and removed your post. Just pointing out that discussing illegal games is generally a no-no in emulation forums.

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Now my post seems so out of place that it's ridicilous. I didn't start this thread! Honest. *deletes the post*