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BadMouth:

--- Quote from: pbj on December 28, 2013, 05:58:13 pm ---I really doubt that some lackey from Global VR controls the resources of the FBI.

:cheers:

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:lol

Next time I'm bored at work and avoiding working, I'm gonna check into that guy and see what he's been up to since leaving Global VR.
Should we start a TMZ style subforum where we stalk tech people?

Xiaou2:
I think its a little bigger than this.

On a site that posted the relevant information, it claimed to have called up or emailed certain companies in Japan, asking to see if Foley had negotiated the rights to certain games. They said No... had never heard of him.

On that webcast... he mentions that when he couldnt get the rights... he went online to ebay, and bought older PCBs for the roms. He figured that if he has the PCBs... he should own the rights to the games. Everyone wants to believe this... but Im not so sure that is the case... most especially when you are re-packaging something commercial for sale. Imagine trying to sell a used Sega Genesis game in a new bartop arcade box at Sears, without asking Sega... but just putting the cartridge inside the thing.

Then to find out on top of the fact most of his games couldnt be used, rendering his business model near useless... he finds out that his Former is cashing in on his remaining territory.

Because the IP was overseas, it makes it an International crime... and because Global VR may not have known that over half their IP was bogus... (and now the info spread all over the net about it) calling the FBI just may be within bounds.

Its quite slimy, to say the least.

Ohh, and no, hes not the one behind 4k tvs. He just managed to capitalize on a MGFs faulty chip, and used another MFGs chip to get his foot in the door.

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on December 29, 2013, 01:34:51 pm ---I think its a little bigger than this.

On a site that posted the relevant information, it claimed to have called up or emailed certain companies in Japan, asking to see if Foley had negotiated the rights to certain games. They said No... had never heard of him.

On that webcast... he mentions that when he couldnt get the rights... he went online to ebay, and bought older PCBs for the roms. He figured that if he has the PCBs... he should own the rights to the games. Everyone wants to believe this... but Im not so sure that is the case... most especially when you are re-packaging something commercial for sale. Imagine trying to sell a used Sega Genesis game in a new bartop arcade box at Sears, without asking Sega... but just putting the cartridge inside the thing.

Then to find out on top of the fact most of his games couldnt be used, rendering his business model near useless... he finds out that his Former is cashing in on his remaining territory.

Because the IP was overseas, it makes it an International crime... and because Global VR may not have known that over half their IP was bogus... (and now the info spread all over the net about it) calling the FBI just may be within bounds.

Its quite slimy, to say the least.

Ohh, and no, hes not the one behind 4k tvs. He just managed to capitalize on a MGFs faulty chip, and used another MFGs chip to get his foot in the door.

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Is he being sued for copyright infringement?

Has Nintendoh or Sega filled for damages?

You can get away with selling ROM chips if you hot glued them into the cabinets and used mame or Joshua to run the said game as it would be construed as fair use, especially if the board was deemed obsolete and the ROMS was considered as backups.

Besides we have gone down this route before. Foley is being pinched for securing loans under false pretenses.

Unless you have found some evidence that contradicts this, and should be reported to the necessary authorities handling Mr Foley's case.

MTPPC:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on December 29, 2013, 02:09:28 pm ---..Foley is being pinched for securing loans under false pretenses...

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So true dat. I especially like how xiau2 speculated on an international crime. Perhaps Foley's next trial will be in the Hague. :dizzy:

Malenko:

--- Quote from: MTPPC on December 29, 2013, 04:01:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on December 29, 2013, 02:09:28 pm ---..Foley is being pinched for securing loans under false pretenses...

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So true dat. I especially like how xiau2 speculated on an international crime. Perhaps Foley's next trial will be in the Hague. :dizzy:

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He has never let the facts slow down his opinions. I actually bothered to read the links from the first 2 pages, and the charges were for using the ultracade name and selling items as official UltraCade items when he didnt have the rights to, and for lying on bank loan applications. Nothing I read specified copyright infringement of ROMs.

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