Is it legal to own/use/copy the Utopia Boot Loader CD-ROM?
Note: This FAQ is quite out of date and has proven to be inaccurate in many cases as additional information has been learned. The following original answer is NOT correct. It was later discovered that the Utopia Boot Disc was created using an unlicensed Katana SDK. Therefore, Sega has every right to not allow its distribution — and they have explicitly stated that they do hold the rights to the libraries within the Utopia Boot Disc and that it cannot be used or distributed legally. A: Yes. Perfectly legal. Remember, it was Sega itself that created and then burned into firmware that little security hole whereby a stock Dreamcast can use CD-ROMs. We weren’t supposed to find out about that little secret, but now the cat’s out of the bag, and there’s not a thing they can do about it. That’s why you don’t see them whining and bitching about it like Nintendo does in similar circumstances. At least Sega is man enough to take it on the chin in this particular instance. The law treats the Utop
