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shateredsoul:
when I need to update to the new version .. I will probably pay the $$ since I bet later on I won't have the time to do it myself.  I don't think most ppl care about them making money, but of them drawing attention to the mame project. :dunno:

I do know one site where they include the hyperspin stuff and emumovies along with the roms/chds on a hdd.  I feel worse about that since it's taking away business from 2 groups of ppl that are actually still making some money by helping the community. Plus this site has been around for a while.. so it seems like the game companies don't care as much about someone making a buck off their old games.
Osirus23:
Drawing attention to the MAME community by spitting in the face of its principles.
shateredsoul:
so.. buying pc boards and reselling them after dumping it's contents is fine and dandy?

Also if you think about it, most people are interested in buying the service of having someone else download them for them.  I think most people who buy know they can download it themselves.


Frigo:
Double post. Sorry. =P
Frigo:

--- Quote from: Frigo on August 23, 2010, 03:26:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: shateredsoul on August 23, 2010, 03:07:11 pm ---when I need to update to the new version .. I will probably pay the $$ since I bet later on I won't have the time to do it myself.  I don't think most ppl care about them making money, but of them drawing attention to the mame project. :dunno:

I do know one site where they include the hyperspin stuff and emumovies along with the roms/chds on a hdd.  I feel worse about that since it's taking away business from 2 groups of ppl that are actually still making some money by helping the community. Plus this site has been around for a while.. so it seems like the game companies don't care as much about someone making a buck off their old games.

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so.. buying pc boards and reselling them after dumping it's contents is fine and dandy?

Also if you think about it, most people are interested in buying the service of having someone else download them for them.  I think most people who buy know they can download it themselves.

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As long as MAME has been available, one of the team's main concerns was the sale of MAME roms for profit. MAME was, and will always primarily be considered a tool to examine the history of arcade video gaming and it's progress over the years. Playing the games is merely an added benefit.

As far as your comparison - yes, it is fine to dump the roms for your own use and then sell the board when you deem it no longer useful to you. As long as you're not selling the dump, you're fine - the physical, intellectual property is being sold, not the image. That ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- about paying for convenience to not have to d/l the ROMS again - give me a break. If you're too lazy to set a download, or at the very least have a friend do it for you if you don't have the time/patience/speed/whatever, then you really shouldn't be playing MAME in the first place.



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