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Realistically, I don't think anyone would come after you anyway. It is de facto legal. I'd say in the name of pragmatism, we don't really need a legal framework around it.
In most cases, probably. And then there's Nintendo.
I was just coming here to say Nintendo. They did eventually pull some titles back into rotation with vintage gaming devices and versions for modern equipment, but plenty of games have never been touched again, and they still insist it's illegal to ROM them. Fuck that I am doing my usual Crystalis playthrough every couple years like always...