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Are 60-in-1 iCade type boards illegal to accept money at arcades?
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MKChamp:

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--- Quote from: retrometro on September 13, 2010, 07:50:41 pm ---Seems like TILT is happy to host bootleg machines for money at this mall.

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I seriously doubt Tilt knows it has an illegal arcade cabinet. I'm sure they purchased it thinking it was legal just like the other cabinets there.
On a side note, I find it more interesting how many people were in that arcade. The last few times I saw my mall's arcade there wasn't more than 3 people in it and one of them was the worker.

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I would be absolutely stunned, totally floored, if an arcade operator -- particularly one the size of Tilt -- wasn't 100% fully aware of the licensing issues with these boards. No way in hell they don't know.

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That is if they are familiar with the emulator scene. Unless they browse online a little more than casually, there is a chance they could be ignorant to this fact. If it wasn't for this forum (and mame's), I would have assumed they had a license for those games...and I'm sure they present their product as such to the purchaser for Tilt. I'm just speculating....I have absolutely no idea.

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This is Tilt. They know. :)

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Ahhh...gotcha. See...I said I had no idea.
saint:

--- Quote from: MKChamp on September 15, 2010, 04:23:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: saint on September 15, 2010, 03:50:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: MKChamp on September 15, 2010, 03:15:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: saint on September 15, 2010, 02:21:43 pm ---
--- Quote from: MKChamp on September 15, 2010, 10:22:00 am ---
--- Quote from: retrometro on September 13, 2010, 07:50:41 pm ---Seems like TILT is happy to host bootleg machines for money at this mall.

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I seriously doubt Tilt knows it has an illegal arcade cabinet. I'm sure they purchased it thinking it was legal just like the other cabinets there.
On a side note, I find it more interesting how many people were in that arcade. The last few times I saw my mall's arcade there wasn't more than 3 people in it and one of them was the worker.

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I would be absolutely stunned, totally floored, if an arcade operator -- particularly one the size of Tilt -- wasn't 100% fully aware of the licensing issues with these boards. No way in hell they don't know.

--- End quote ---

That is if they are familiar with the emulator scene. Unless they browse online a little more than casually, there is a chance they could be ignorant to this fact. If it wasn't for this forum (and mame's), I would have assumed they had a license for those games...and I'm sure they present their product as such to the purchaser for Tilt. I'm just speculating....I have absolutely no idea.

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This is Tilt. They know. :)

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Ahhh...gotcha. See...I said I had no idea.

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I am, of course, talking out of my behind with no actual direct knowledge, but Tilt is an old and well established arcade operation. :)
CheffoJeffo:
I seriously doubt that anybody who operates for a living is unaware of bootlegs and unlicensed boards. Of the boards that I have seen in the wild, some are owned by two operators that I know and they are fully aware of the nature of the boards. I could see perhaps a guy who has a route of 3 machines parked in laundromats not knowing, but not someone who feeds their family with the earnings.

The simple difference in price between a $60 60-in-1 and a licensed board makes the distinction clear to all but the densest of people.
BobA:
I only saw one of the multiboard machines in the video but there was an awful lot of redemption machines.  They seem to be the bread and butter of what they now call arcades.
bradx:
maybe in arcades but at least where i live they have transplanted dedicated games in most every other setting ie: laundromats, bowling alleys, hotels, bars, etc. 
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