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Howard_Casto:
You are correct magnet.... regardless you are only entitled to make a "backup copy" of a piece of software if the eula agreement doesn't prohibit it. On 99.99% of the products out there, by opening the package you wave that right.
I'm not sure where you guys got the idea that a "free use" copy is legal, but it hasn't been since the 70's. Now they won't prosecute you, but it's still not technically a legal right.
Some agreements give you the right though. StarRoms, for example, they explicitly allow backups as long as only one copy is active (at least that's what I got out of it).
bigmoe:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on April 29, 2004, 11:31:47 pm ---You are correct magnet.... regardless you are only entitled to make a "backup copy" of a piece of software if the eula agreement doesn't prohibit it. On 99.99% of the products out there, by opening the package you wave that right.
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Actually, I believe the right to make a backup archival copy is protected by law and can't actually be waived by an eula (even though they try). The eula can state it, but that doesn't mean it can be enforced.
Said law is one of the pillars of some of the bizarre legal argument(s) that SCO is making against IBM and the attack on the GPL (they are using a floor protected by law as a ceiling....you would think Bowies is smarter than this).
That said, I doubt MAME use qualifies as "archival". And you would have get sued and then subpoena the manufacturers to really find out if the code is similar enough to qualify as a copy.
I do agree with the end result of the other posters. Buying one of these might mitigate the damages argument in a civil suit, but does nothing to address the legalities of a criminal case (which could result in fines or imprisonment).
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ultrastyle:
well I thought I'd take it to Jakks and here is the response I got:
They are ports of the arcade roms
Anthony Maldonado
Consumer Relations
Jakks Pacific, Inc.
bigmoe:
--- Quote from: ultrastyle on April 30, 2004, 02:48:39 pm ---well I thought I'd take it to Jakks and here is the response I got:
They are ports of the arcade roms
Anthony Maldonado
Consumer Relations
Jakks Pacific, Inc.
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That was a very good idea on your part, and very interesting.
I'm just not sure what his reponse means...? It seems like there is more than one way to read it.
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