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My question is this: Why are ROMS illegal if you already own a console and the game you are attempting to emulate on your computer?

Say I own an N64, and Goldeneye 007. I bought both of these things a decade ago when they came out with my money, and that money went to Nintendo.

Ok, so say (I didn't) download ROM and an N64 Emulator. How is this wrong? I already paid and purchased it. I already gave my money to own these things. So wanting to emulate it on my computer, having bought it myself) isn't really morally wrong whatsoever, is it?

I mean, I can obviously see how it's wrong if you did NOT buy an N64, and the game, and then download it. That's basically piracy right? But I'm not pirating because I already purchased it.

Another example. Say Dido comes out an album. I buy that album. 5 years later, I lost that CD. I feel like having that music on my iPod. Is downloading the songs (I didn't) I liked from that album that I have already purchased really wrong at all? If it is, how so? I am not stealing because I already own that which I am downloading. I've already paid my dues. I've already been taxed on it and given my money to the artist. So how/why is this illegal?