# Anything illegal here?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-illegal-here/352615>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 14, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-illegal-here/352615 "2006-04-14T02:53:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-illegal-here/352615/21 "2006-04-16T00:43:19Z")

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No. Nintendo does not own the rom. The only part of the cartridge Nintendo has the rights to is the lock-out chip.

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