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paigeoliver:


--- Quote from: Wade on February 19, 2004, 12:47:20 pm ---I really think the legality issues scare some people away from Mame or prebuilt Mame boxes.

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I don't.

In my experience the general public could care less about copyright, intellectual property, or anything like that. The only people I have ever met who really care about this stuff are heavy internet users (who very often have a double standard about the whole thing, not mentioning any names here), and someone I know who owns a small recording studio (who also seems to have a flawed understanding of the laws, because he believes it is illegal to record anything under any circumstances).

Heck, my mom has trouble understanding why it could possibly be illegal to download music, copy movies, or burn copies of those crappy slot machine games she buys to give to her co-workers.

Joe Public does not care about these issues at all, and never did. I used to care a little, but not anymore. When the corporate suits started buying laws I stopped caring. The real issue (in my mind) is that record companies are now suing teenagers for downloading songs, which is absolutely no different than what they were going before mp3s, which was copying tapes and taping things off the radio.

Wade:

It may not matter to you, and it may not matter to a lot of people you know, but having a LEGAL avenue for a Mame setup is a plus.  Most people may choose not to use it, but I am happy to know that it's there.

You can disagree, but I think it will make it easier to sell a Mame setup.  The legality of Mame and the ROMs is a topic that has been brought up frequently at my house (by others)...

Wade

jerryjanis:

If I have children one day, I fear the day that they get caught shoplifting and when I try to scold them and tell them that it's wrong, they start challenging me with questions about my Mame roms.  I think I would have a difficult time explaining how copying games is different from shoplifting.  In the Information Age the distinction between a physical cd and the games on it has completely faded away.   For that reason alone, Star Roms is totally worth the price, and I hope that they are able to convice other Rom copyright holders to provide a legal avenue for the ol' Mame cabinet.

mahuti:

Since the guy that owns the marble man roms didn't want to release them because of fear of reprisals from Atari.... I'm hoping StarRoms gets the go ahead to sell the rights to the Marble Man roms, and then gets a copy from the marble man board owner.

Lilwolf:

Marble Man roms aren't being distributed because when Atari gave him a copy... they asked him nicely not to.

Note:  The same guy has release TONS of rare / weird alphas and protos.

Its not him.  Its him respecting Ataris wishs when they did him a HUGE favor.  With Ataris help he wouldn't have got it working.

Anyway... take a look at his collection... Notice that some are emulated... Then ask yourself how that could be possible.

(and yes... it would be GREAT if starroms could sell them... But don't blame the guy (sorry... can't remember his name) for the problem.  He really isn't at fault)

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