Is this illegal?

Hey guys is downloading roms from this site is illegal? i just want a honest question ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
THANKS! ;D

The 24 hour thing is bullcrap.It's a touchy subject, and everyone has their own opinions about it.

The 24 hour thing is.... I believe it's just an ethnics thing now that I think about it.There are, however, no "opinions" on the law. Mainly, if you follow a personal code of ethnics, you should be fine. From least strict to most strict some guidelines you can follow areOnly every game I want, disregarding all ethics for my personal gain <- most common for downloaders that don't visit forum. Don't do this!
Only games never released in native language with or without my language's patch
Only discontinued/hard to find/canceled games
Only games that I will buy if I like, then give to friends for multiplayer <- Most common pratice, recommended. Support the ones you love
Only games that I will buy if I like, then have a collection
Only games that I will delete within 24 hours of gameplay
Only games that I will delete within 24 hours or download
Only homebrew. Period.

Legally speaking, you cannot download these games even if you own the actual game. Distribution (sending and receiving) of copyrighted materials is a violation of many countries' laws, covered by local laws and international conventions (like the Berne Convention).If you want ROMs, the only true legal way to do it is to make backups yourself, of games you own. They cannot touch you for that.But in reality, large companies will not come after you personally. If you do lots of activity, usually hosting files for others to download, the company may contact your webmaster or ISP, and ask you to stop, send a Cease and Desist order, etc.But the bottom line, you are relatively safe. They aren't going to do anything if you download a handful of games for your private use. And it's up to you if you feel bad about it or not :)

@raz0rdragon: Don't worry, what you're doing here won't get you into too much trouble it's not like you're dealing drugs, stealing cars or murdering people.

short answer: yes it is illegal. As Born2killx said, the 24 hour rule has no grounding in law.

so if you just keep them private you wont get into trouble?

pretty much.

I'm so sick and tired of this question, it's been asked a million times over and the answer is always the same. No, not at all, you cannot download a game from here legally, even if you own the original. You have to create a backup your self, not download one.more discussion: https://www.romulation.org/forum/index.php?topic=9806.0 and https://www.romulation.org/forum/index.php?topic=14797.0Now, closed.