You don't have the equipment to dump the cart yourself, but I believe it is legal to download the rom in that specific example. So why can't he get the exact same IOS from some guy on the internet? An analogy would be downloading a SNES rom for a game which you own the original cart at home. Since BOB bought his Wii U, it came with this IOS installed, out of the box, and he was legally entitled to use it. The IOS is useless to anyone who doesn't own a Wii U. He asks on the forum if someone could give him a good vWii IOS wad as a replacement.

For example, let's say Wii U owner BOB has managed to screw up a vWii IOS on his Wii U. I understand the file is copyrighted Nintendo property, but one aspect I find strange is why is it not allowed to share from one Wii U owner to another. You wouldn't get drunk then get in your car and post on social media Hey everybody I'm pissed and driving my car cause sure as fuck somebody will snitch to the cops that you are drunk driving same as if you break rules here on the site somebody is sure to report you if a mod does not notice first that is. Its exactly the same with emulators as the end user will have to download games and bios files ect the emulator on its own is not illegal if it does not include any copyrighted material in its base code.Īlso DarkKnightPT nobody is asking you to delete your account all we are doing is making you aware of the site rules or at the very least hinting to you that if you are going to PM copyrighted material then dont advertise the fact. Yes certain homebrew like WiiU Download helper can be used to download illegal games but they are allowed because its down to the end user to select to use it for piracy the actual programs will not download stuff without the end user actually telling the program to do so.

There is also no grey area with homebrew as that is legal as long as the actual program has no copyrighted code in its programming.

System files are Nintendo copyrighted material and that is not allowed on the site either by linking to it or by sending it by PM. Yes as already has been said by Kafluke there is no grey area with it.

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