▲ 638 ▼ What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by NotSpez@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 651 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) If I was to open up a classic video.game arcade and run it entirely on downloaded roms is someone coming to take me down? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DadVolante@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* Yes. You have to have a license to charge people money to play those games. Otherwise you would have seen a ton of arcades open already Edit: I only know this because I asked a guy who ran one. His machines were in pretty bad shape and I inquired why he didn't just do as you thought. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You have to own the game to legally download a ROM. Can't say other than that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DadVolante@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* Yes. You have to have a license to charge people money to play those games. Otherwise you would have seen a ton of arcades open already Edit: I only know this because I asked a guy who ran one. His machines were in pretty bad shape and I inquired why he didn't just do as you thought. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You have to own the game to legally download a ROM. Can't say other than that. permalink fedilink source parent