Emulators For Video Games Are Illegal

Remember that this is an informal debate and I will not be backing up my claims with sources until I gain more skill and experience in debating. Also that one must not take it extremely personal, as Phil Spencer has once said that fanboyism is unhealthy for not only for the video game market (or any market for that matter) and also for the self. You keep making arguments about copyright, piracy, and whether or not emulators are illegal, yet you fail to explain to me why many who develop emulators and sell them for free do not get dealt with by the law, or those that sell them but are not in any way associated or working for the company(ies) that made said games and platforms. You also intend to avoid answering to me why those that put up videos, forums, or sites on the internet teaching people how to emulate or show what emulated software looks like also do not get dealt with by the law. Funny how you keep rambling on about those but forget to answer these simple questions. See, I didn't even have to provide sources, statistics, equations, theories, or other complex crap to analyze your flaws, now did I? I know and understand how long the U.S. Copyright Act lasts, but what if I am emulating it in a country that has a copyright act that lasts shorter or does not apply to video games? Also, PONG is not the first video game ever made and video games first appeared in the late 1960's (though they were never called that until the 70's); pretty irrelevant, but just wanted to get that out for you. So you're telling me, after 70 years of the person's death (actually 75), I can emulate it? Sweet! I'll be living longer than them and with the advancement of science and technology (genetic engineering and cybernetics), I will be able to live long enough to pirate said material when it it no longer illegal. Sounds to me like you did research and lacked knowledge since debate (better than many fanboys I met) huh? You say it is not legal to emulate until 70 years after creator's death, yet you say that anything created is protected under copyright law? Wow, then by your logic, my rebuttal is now copyrighted; all of my debates are now copyrighted; all of my online profiles are now copyrighted; all of my school notes are now copyrighted... Okay, let me find a cure to cancer and write down the formula...oops! That formula is copyrighted and now not even the NSA can steal it from me and use it to benefit all of mankind and put pharmacies out of business, or else they broke the law and people should just forget about my huge contribution to the world! Again, you answer some and deny other of my questions of answers! I could get all of that for free on the Google Play, App Store, and Windows Market-Place through emulators provided by random people who do not have any relation to those said companies you mentioned. Why aren't they getting dealt with by the law? Why are they getting away with it scot-free? What about all of those knock-off games? Funny how opponent is agreeing with me on that yet disagrees with other arguments that are closely similar to this argument. I was never talking about Cydia; we can talk about that another time. You say that the law cannot catch them all because there are too much people committing those acts and the ISP's make it even more difficult, and not because of the legality of the conduct. Now you are just talking random crap that doesn't even relate to emulators and video games. You try your best to cover up your weak arguments with said sources, yet you still make weak arguments, whether or not how well you mask them. See, that's why I don't do that! Now you are saying other crap that I am well aware of. Bottom line: I can still emulate said games elsewhere; I do not necessarily have to emulate them through emulators and ROM's. Just like with CD's and DVD's, I can stream them through the internet or download them through video sharing websites and convert them to MP3 files. Let's be honest, without those sources and research, you would have lost. I am not going to do research because I will simply beat you with such an unfair advantage, so I am purposely handicapping myself to debate fair and square without any research or sources and simply on my knowledge alone.