fatBastard()
Hello, I'm a Zombaholic
fatBastard(): Just to let you know there is a big difference between Dosbox and a tool that would emulate the authentication server of modern games (or however else they do it) and that is Dosbox is legal and that would be circumventing the DRM which is illegal. Unless permission is given by the owners of the ip or they do it themselves any program that would allow you to play a game that requires online activation after the activation servers have been taken down would be illegal. People may not have problems using it but the people making the program run the risk of companies coming after them.
The comparison is not entirely valid. DOSBox is only legal now because DOS is no longer an active Microsoft product. What is now a valid way of emulating an old OS would have been considered illegal if it had taken place 15 years ago.
The rules of today in the digital world are not necessarily the rules of 5 years down the line and most certainly not 20 years in the future.