Phredreeke, on 20 November 2017 - 04:39 PM, said:
Sharing MP3s of commercial CDs is still illegal despite not being perfect copies.
Hmm, but this is a different thing surely.
In that case even though the copy is not byte for byte the same, the 'essence' of the product has been transferred, in such that someone might not purchase the original item as they 'have it' already.
Don't think that applies in this case, as no commerical transaction is denied by reversing the code. In fact, this extra work put into the game might increase the sales, as some people refuse to use Dosbox or things similiar.
Perhaps this is splitting hairs.