Anyway to download old playstation 2 games legally?

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The DMCA is only applicable (as it states) to things that are not violating copyright law, by (hypothetically) downloading games that you have not paid for, you have commited piracy, which is also a copyright infringement when such works (ie games) are involved, take the mass download site "megaupload" as an example, the site owners were facing not only piracy charges, but also copyright infringement charges for the pirated content. The point I've been making is that there is no legal way to download any game for free, regardless of whether or not you own a disc of it (unless given from the publishing company ie sony), because it falls into the realm of software piracy, which is a federal crime.

The EULA agreement does have to comply with law, yes. But that doesn't mean it's invalid in this case, and in just about every EULA there is a "no copying clause" (which covers copying the game onto computer more times than not btw)as well as proper usage of said product, which does apply when talking about emulation or downloading it unlawfully (not paying for the downloadable game/not receiving from the games company ie sony).

If we're being practical, no one's gonna give a f**k if you emulate your own games.

^ What he said

There are open sites that allow you to download PS2 iso's without torrenting.
So no, you will never get into trouble.

Oh well, in that case, since it's not a torrent, it must be legal (sarcasm).

The iso. sites have been up for years, so practically yeah.

The sites themselves aren't what's illegal though, it's the software that is being pirated through them.

It's illegal to host and supply the content though. In any case the fact they've lasted so long is probably due to this still being a fairly grey area. That, plus the fact that most of these platforms are obsolete now.

You are correct, it is also illegal to host and supply pirated material (so I suppose in that respect the site could be illegal lol, didn't see it from that angle until now).

as it is, only if the company itself makes no effort to remove said content, in effect that means a report button and active enforcement when noticed by the rights holders or users.

and yes this is the grey are of modern law, there are new cases every year, often with contradictory reults and thus precedence.

GoG have loads of abandonware and licensed content, yet the way this is omplemented is often by cracking obsolete DRM systems, fully legal.
licensed content is of course paid for and more often than not cracked, but there is some IP that in effect is out there for free even if there is a rights holder to the franchise y not the game.