All I did was link to the Visual Boy Advance emulator because I knew that talking about emulators on GameFAQs was ok. I was surprised to find that I had got modded for it because of the "affiliates" links on the site. That's pretty stupid if you ask me, Gamefaqs has the worst modding team in the entire world.
It's ironic, because I remember leaving this board years ago because it didn't allow talking about roms, so I figured linking to this site would be completely safe. I guess I wont be linking to this site anymore.
You're right, emulators themselves aren't illegal, that's not what I hit you for however. The link you provided gives access to other ROM sites *though from what I saw, fairly poor ones* and other links which are against the ToS. You've been around the site long enough to know not to link to things that give easy access to other things that break the ToS. Which is why this was a warning instead of a 3KL. A quick search of affiliates and some of the other links would give a person an easy stepping stone to ROMs, MP3s and other things which are considered copyrighted material. I'm not sure how you could link to an emulator download without also linking to other things which are against the ToS however. Also, you are thinking of appealing this to a lead mod: The site itself, from what I saw, doesn't have links to ROMs *well, it does, but they're public domain* or anything ToS worthy that I saw. It was the affiliates on the site that gave easy access to the illegal stuff. *That's* why you were hit. In any case, this was a learning experience for the both of us. Just be more careful in the future on what you link to, alright? - SF
It's ironic, because I remember leaving this board years ago because it didn't allow talking about roms, so I figured linking to this site would be completely safe. I guess I wont be linking to this site anymore.
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