.... why does everything have to be threats.... It clearly is not to protect the interest of every developer as every developer doesn't have the same interests, this should be clear to a forum that specializes in the interest of a single micro-console that has its own interests. You really can't say you are protecting developers interests as we all have our own interests, not everyone is motivated by money, money isn't everything to some people(myself included).I'd rather have people play my game than no one play it at all. Another example: Not all EFF members share all the same interests as all FSF members, just as I don't share the interests in which you are trying to defend.

Your\The rules interest is to protect the site above all others, not the developers, if a site has piracy activity it can be taken down. The zero tolerance policy.... which is why you threaten developers with infractions, for talking about piracy.... Also emulation doesn't nessarly mean piracy... just take a look at the retron5... heck didn't one of the emulators try to do homebrew games on it and promote home brew?

I don't expect rules to change or anything to change. You don't need to threaten to attempt to defuse every situation, just be honest when it comes to discussions like this. Most sites only have rules like that to avoid legal actions themselves. It literally has nothing to do with morals or ethics as those very person to person, it is all legal issue avoiding.

I'm sure if we were talking about restricting our users with anti-piracy measures you wouldn't have a problem with it.