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DaOld Man:
Ok, I did some searching but couldnt find a straight answer.
At the risk of starting an argument about legalities, here is my story.
I am thinking about making a cab that will be donated to be auctioned off in a "Relay for Life" thing they do every year at my job. Workers donate things then people bid on them. All the proceeds go to fight cancer. I will not be getting anything for it, but I may deduct the value on my taxes as a contribution. (Screw the government, right?)
But I am concerned about copyrights and legal stuff. I do not want to put anything out there that would violate a copyright.
So I was thinking a way around this may be to use one of those 60 in 1 jamma boards, but it's just not clear to me as to how legal they are.

Here is the one Im looking at:

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I would appreciate everyone's insights on this. I have not committed to doing this project yet, and I wont if it violates a copyright.
Thanks.
Dervacumen:
Not a lawyer but for this to be legal the rights for each of these games must be held by the manufacturer.  I don't KNOW, but I DO know they're not.  So, yeah, all of the X-in-one boards are illegal.

It's not likely the manufacturer secured rights for every game on the chip, so odds are very high that at least one of the games on the 60-in-1 would be in violation of US copyright law.

Lastly, it's coming from China.  I deeply appreciate the Chinese.  I also don't think for a second the manufacturer of these boards, regardless of which one you get, is concerned about US copyright law.
CheffoJeffo:
The board is an old version of MAME on a chip and the games are not licensed.
BadMouth:
It's not legal, but there are a pile of machines running them at every arcade auction.

I'm not sure what multi williams boards go for.

I have some classic collections for pc that allow you to launch the games individually a little work,
so they could be added to a front-end, but that would be far from idiot proof once the end-user gets ahold of it.
DaOld Man:
Ok thanks guys, I guess that project is off my to-do list.
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