1.0Games Learning Societyhttps://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wikiGLS Teamhttps://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/author/gls-team/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yZA4W0SpfE"><a href="https://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/what-makes-roms-illegal/">What makes ROMs illegal?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/what-makes-roms-illegal/embed/#?secret=yZA4W0SpfE" width="600" height="338" title="“What makes ROMs illegal?” — Games Learning Society" data-secret="yZA4W0SpfE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> What makes ROMs illegal? Downloading and sharing ROMs is considered illegal because it involves copyright infringement, as the ROMs are digital copies of games that are owned by the game developers or publishers, and downloading or sharing them without permission is a violation of their intellectual property rights. The legality of ROMs is a complex ... Read morehttps://www.gameslearningsociety.org/wiki/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gls-featured.png1200630