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quarterback:

Edited to remove my sarcastic response to a post I find erroneous, off-base, misguided and a poor attempt to make me feel sorry for someone who is attempting to take something that isn't his and trying to put people out of business with threats of legal action so he himself can make more money

This is ridiculous.

vader:

I guess since you are feeling Mr. Foley's pain, your are going to delete MAME and all of your " legal roms " that you rightfully aquired  and instead purchase one of his machines so he can afford to feed the employees.  IMO, the MAME machine are not hurting his business for the exact reasons you stated, he sells commercial ventures....bars, pool halls, etc...as the proprietor of those businesses would be insane to put a machine with roms he didn't pay for.  I have no problem with Mr. Foley making a buck and protecting his business, he just approaced it all the wrong way, shouldn't he have contacted the MAME dev's first and discussed the TM issue and I don't mean the half-hearted attempts he's made....

Just my opinion......don't mean to jump on anyone here, but this stuff is getting old.....

Tim


1UP:

Foley is not targeting those who download roms for their own use.

APFelon:



--- Quote ---I think you need to look at this MAME trademark thing again, and think what it would be like if Capcom or Namco wanted to get back into the classic arcade business.  Mr. Foley would seem to be small potatoes, in that regard.
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Capcom and Namco wouldn't be foolish enough to try and trademark the MAME name and logo. Nintendo has aggressively attacked emulation since the early days of MAME through UltraHLE, and look where that got them. Sony tried to squish Bleem, and... well...

Sadly, I think you are totally missing the point. It isn't about Mr. Ultracades Smartypants protecting his investment. It's about attempting to steal the MAME name and logo illegally, trying to shake down vendors for "royalties", having totally legal machine sales pulled from EBay  and justifying his borderline illegal (not really borderline, his behavior WAS illegal)  behavior by claiming that he was trying to protect the IP of his licensed software and then deciding to play the victim (all the while whoring that stupid iRoms idea). If the issue wasn't so serious, I would call it nothing more than pathetic.

I think you had better get a better grasp on the situation before you use your fourth post EVER on this forum to make a fool out of yourself. Seriously, man. Read up on it.

He has proven himself to be a really, really oily character, and woe to anyone who spends their cash on him or any of his ventures.

APf


1UP:


--- Quote from: quarterback on February 26, 2005, 10:35:30 pm ---Good for him?
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