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licensing fees for free play?
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: Thenasty on February 07, 2014, 04:27:51 pm ---you can get more crowd if you give FREE SLICE of PIZZA :)
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Or just go full-fledged Chuck-E-Cheese with the place. Nolan Bushnell won't mind. ;D
Mr_Numbers:
So while this legality thing keeps getting brought up let me ask the legality of tournaments.
Where exactly does that stand legally as a business running a tourney (either with a cash prize from a entry pool or something non monetary)? How about a private citizen?
I'm curious because I just got a old cab to redo (I will post in projects once I get some more pictures ;D) and lots of people have shown serious interest in a tournament of X or Y game. It sounds like a great way to give some people that old school arcade feeling but I wouldn't want to get in legal trouble. Thoughts? Opinions?
DaveMMR:
As a business owner, do you have a lawyer? Or someone for legal matters? You should be asking him/her these questions honestly if you are concerned about how it'll affect your livelyhood.
That being said - I go to a game place that has a MAME machine set up on free place for tournaments once a month. I don't think they've ever been hassled.
Mr_Numbers:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on February 07, 2014, 05:18:25 pm ---As a business owner, do you have a lawyer? Or someone for legal matters? You should be asking him/her these questions honestly if you are concerned about how it'll affect your livelyhood.
That being said - I go to a game place that has a MAME machine set up on free place for tournaments once a month. I don't think they've ever been hassled.
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No business here, I'm a private citizen and was just asking general questions about all of the scenarios.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on February 07, 2014, 05:18:25 pm ---As a business owner, do you have a lawyer? Or someone for legal matters? You should be asking him/her these questions honestly if you are concerned about how it'll affect your livelyhood.
That being said - I go to a game place that has a MAME machine set up on free place for tournaments once a month. I don't think they've ever been hassled.
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To be fair I don't think the lawyer would have much insight in the workings of arcade emulation. I'm sure we have more knowledge on the subject as we are most often complicit.