How do video game emulators not break copyright laws?

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I recently saw an article about how people are racing to perfect Tears of the Kingdom emulator.

I know Breath of the Wild has been emulated for awhile and there’s entire consoles worth of games being emulated. How and why do companies allow this?

Is it because they don’t expect to make any more money on a Dreamcast or GameCube game from 20 years ago so they just allow it?

What about when they remaster the game?

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The emulator is legal. That’s a bit of software that someone has written and isn’t owned by, lets say, Nintendo. Where it becomes illegal is when you download the games to run on the emulator. That’s why most emulators will not have any games and stipulate you must get the game discs yourself.

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