Under DCMA laws doing anything to defeat software or hardwares DRM (or other such things) is illegal. So it comes down to technicalities, dumping a bios could be considered an attempt to defeat a DRM, same as rom dumping. The only way to be 100% legit is to own everything legally, any emulation could be argued to be illegal if you felt like dropping into the technicalities of the law as I understand it.
Like our site, sites that provide close to illegal stuff tend to be very careful about telling people to stay within the law and not allowing any leeway. Just like we block any attempts to post link to games we consider unacceptable they ensure they tell people to get a hold of bios and the like legally so no one can blame them for others breaking the law.
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