You may have heard that you can download a ROM if you own the original cartridge and delete it within 24 hours. This is false. There is no such law anywhere in the world.
The Internet Archive hosts many ROMs under a "preservation" or "educational" exception. However, Nintendo has repeatedly sent DMCA takedown notices to Archive.org, resulting in entire N64 ROM packs being removed. N64 Rom Pack Archive.org
While hundreds of thousands of people download these packs daily, you accept the risk. In practice, individual users are rarely sued. The danger is typically aimed at distributors and large-scale pirate sites. You may have heard that you can download