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Discussion: Ultracade and the Mame Trademark
bioart:
All the backpedaling is him just trying to save face. This is not the way to do business. He's trying to expand his market into the home user, but he can't compete there... Ultracade is the right way to do it for the commercial market. But the prices just don't make sense for the hobbyst (or joe blow buying a cab on Ebay)
Argg... people like this make me mad! >:(
sirwoogie:
I'll stay on the sideline for my personal opinions on the matter. However, these actions tend to make me think of this audio loop played on the local morning radio.
1UP:
Does this mean that Hanaho, who has licensed ROMs in their cabs, will be sued for their infringing "TrueMAME" emulator? ;)
Crazy Cooter:
--- Quote from: PaulG on February 21, 2005, 06:29:47 pm ---"Suffice to say, everyone who works on MAME is well aware of the attempted theft of our name and logo. Appropriate, measured steps are being taken to solve this issue. This is not something that is going to be helped by a lot of public hand-wringing by those involved with MAME, so don't expect a lot of public comments on the matter. Just trust that it's being taken care of, and if help is needed, it will be asked."
From the man himself, Aaron Giles.
http://aarongiles.com/
--- End quote ---
That's all I need to know.
Now about those ninjas...
1UP:
BTW, this is just one more in the long list of obstacles I've encountered on my long road to market legal cabinets. I've sorted out all the other issues holding me back, and now this? :(
Contrary to this guy's assertions, it is possible to license packages of StarRoms in the end-user's name at the time of sale. I have verified this personally with the StarRoms sales team.
So my cabs will feature legally obtained, properly licensed games ONLY, and the user is required to obtain and install MAME themselves to comply with the wishes of the MAMEdevs. Yet I may be held back by this stupid trademark from even mentioning Mame on my site. In the words of Q*bert, @&^*%!!!