Quote Originally Posted by Melf View Post

But if we're arguing intent, how then are flash cards inherently more moral than repros? You're paying someone for the means to play games that are someone else's work. The only difference is that you're paying one person for those means rather than paying for each game individually.


Again, I seriously doubt that anyone who sells flash carts doesn't think people are going to play copyrighted ROMs on them, especially when they advertise that feature as a selling point. If we're talking about ethics (and I'm not taking anyone's side, just pointing this out), then facilitating the means to infringe on copyright is as shady as doing it yourself.
When you buy a repro, its like buying a copied dvd or other copied media. The seller has no right to sell that content.
With flash carts no money is exchanged for the games themselves. Nobody is selling someone elses work. With flash carts its no different than playing them on your computer on an emulator, except you can utilize the original hardware.
So if you have a moral issue with playing roms you dont legally own then stay away from emulators, flash carts, repros, downloading music, anything like that.
I dont think people should have to resort to paying 50-400$ for a single nes game because the only other 'morally legit' option is buying on ebay.
These older roms have been floating around the internet for years and years. People should be able to enjoy them without dropping cash.