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P-chan:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 05, 2012, 11:21:19 pm ---You absolutely do not want to install a bootleg game cabinet at your place of employment if it is someplace large enough to have upc bar code IDs. Install a Pac-man on free play.

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This.

Get a 60in1 cabinet for $3k and call it a day.
Haze:

--- Quote from: P-chan on May 06, 2012, 08:39:27 am ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 05, 2012, 11:21:19 pm ---You absolutely do not want to install a bootleg game cabinet at your place of employment if it is someplace large enough to have upc bar code IDs. Install a Pac-man on free play.

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This.

Get a 60in1 cabinet for $3k and call it a day.

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So avoid installing a bootleg game cabinet, by installing a bootleg game cabinet?

Anyway, basics are simple, you can't legally operate a MAME cabinet in a commercial environment, a workplace would count as this.  Likewise you can't legally operate a bootleg board (38-in-1, 60-in-1 etc.)

Your employer would have to be comfortable in running pirated software without any of the required licenses for any scenario except running a single game original cab for your intended market.  Is your employer comfortable with that?
ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Haze on May 06, 2012, 11:54:45 am ---
--- Quote from: P-chan on May 06, 2012, 08:39:27 am ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 05, 2012, 11:21:19 pm ---You absolutely do not want to install a bootleg game cabinet at your place of employment if it is someplace large enough to have upc bar code IDs. Install a Pac-man on free play.

--- End quote ---
This.

Get a 60in1 cabinet for $3k and call it a day.

--- End quote ---

So avoid installing a bootleg game cabinet, by installing a bootleg game cabinet?

Anyway, basics are simple, you can't legally operate a MAME cabinet in a commercial environment, a workplace would count as this.  Likewise you can't legally operate a bootleg board (38-in-1, 60-in-1 etc.)

Your employer would have to be comfortable in running pirated software without any of the required licenses for any scenario except running a single game original cab for your intended market.  Is your employer comfortable with that?


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I think you are safe there.  If this was such a problem Nintendoh would have pulled the plug on MAME years ago. Last time I looked the PBHF had a 60-1.  :police:

Nobody cares any more.  Stick whatever you want in the lunch room, just make sure it is on free play and there is no coin box.
darthpaul:

--- Quote from: Haze on May 06, 2012, 11:54:45 am ---
--- Quote from: P-chan on May 06, 2012, 08:39:27 am ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 05, 2012, 11:21:19 pm ---You absolutely do not want to install a bootleg game cabinet at your place of employment if it is someplace large enough to have upc bar code IDs. Install a Pac-man on free play.

--- End quote ---
This.

Get a 60in1 cabinet for $3k and call it a day.

--- End quote ---

So avoid installing a bootleg game cabinet, by installing a bootleg game cabinet?

Anyway, basics are simple, you can't legally operate a MAME cabinet in a commercial environment, a workplace would count as this.  Likewise you can't legally operate a bootleg board (38-in-1, 60-in-1 etc.)

Your employer would have to be comfortable in running pirated software without any of the required licenses for any scenario except running a single game original cab for your intended market.  Is your employer comfortable with that?


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You are correct about running a MAME cabinet in a commercial environment, it's right on the MAME site.
Q. Can I put an arcade cabinet running MAME in a public location?
A. No. This is a commercial use of MAME and is prohibited by the license. Even if you don't charge money, putting a machine in a public location is "operating" an arcade machine and falls under commercial rules in most locations.
Thanks guys, now I have time to start planning the Jukebox.   
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