As the topic clearly states, what's to stop free ROM sites from getting shut down? Emuparadise has been online for ages and it's a great site. My question is why hasn't it been attempted to be shut down?
Companies like Sega obviously don't give a shit, but Nintendo is notorious when it comes to piracy of their games. Nintendo even shut down Cherryroms a while ago, which was a very popular site for SNES ROMs. Why haven't sites like Emuparadise or Freeroms been shut down? Have they just been really lucky, or are they doing something to avoid potential legal trouble?
VERY curious. And please don't cite the 24 hour evaluation period law, because there is no such law. Thanks.