> > AFAIK, that's what they do with the snes Mario hacks and such, and there is no > > problem in doing so... > > "no problem doing so" does not imply approval by the rightsholders, just a lack of > bucks to throw at lawyers.
Well, they are distributed in the open without anyone having much problem with it; I mean that they are being hosted in the open, in multiple public and personal sites, etc. And this is Nintendo, which even at least a popular torrent site doesn't want to distribute torrents for Nintendo systems. I guess there must be some legal protection in doing so.