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Black market for retro games: Chinese emulators bypass copyright

Chinese-made retro consoles allow playing thousands of old titles.

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While the emulators themselves are legal, they fuel a parallel market of pirated files.

Publishers denounce widespread copyright infringement on games like those for PS1 or GameBoy.

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Ce marché illégal prive les éditeurs de revenus sur des jeux anciens encore protégés, tout en popularisant des émulateurs accessibles à bas coût. Les consommateurs risquent des poursuites pour possession de fichiers piratés.

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