> > According to the European Copyright Act, spreading software copy protection
> > cracks is illegal. Since MAME includes several protection hacks, can MAME be
> > considered illegal? Any thoughts on this?
> >
>
> Obsolete hardware is expressly excepted.
>
> [edit] or was that the American version? -- however the
> case, hopefully the Euro
> thing includes similar provisions or MAMEdev will have to relocate to Rwanda
>

I didn't notice any such provisions in the european version...