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Discussion: Ultracade and the Mame Trademark
daywane:
I agree with the above.
I brings to mind. Walt Disney, he dipped into public domain and grabbed Snow White...Made a move and now claims all right to it. They have done this on many public domain books.
My kids really thought Disney really made the story of Snow White.
Live a lie long enough it becomes believable.
I am just going on my recent past... I thought seat belt laws would never pass,
smoking bans, etc. etc.... I think this Person ( D.F ) (man that's my initials . really does bother me
RayB:
--- Quote from: Fat_Trucker on February 28, 2005, 04:36:28 am ---Dunno if anyone can clarify this or not?.
I know Foley has applied for the Trademark concerning the Stylistic MAME logo. Can he actually get the trademark for the general term MAME though?.
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That point has been raised already, twice by me. I've said it, and I'll say it again: YES he could get the acronym and phrase registered to him, if it were not for the stolen logo.
Someone else asked about legal sources for the other 90% of ROMs... Well Hanaho has legal distribution rights to Capcom's entire classic library. If you buy the Hanaho HotRod joystick, you get a Capcom emulator and dozens of Capcom ROMs with it.
~Ray B.
Goz:
--- Quote from: RayB on February 28, 2005, 10:11:25 am ---
--- Quote from: Fat_Trucker on February 28, 2005, 04:36:28 am ---Dunno if anyone can clarify this or not?.
I know Foley has applied for the Trademark concerning the Stylistic MAME logo. Can he actually get the trademark for the general term MAME though?.
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That point has been raised already, twice by me. I've said it, and I'll say it again: YES he could get the acronym and phrase registered to him, if it were not for the stolen logo.
Someone else asked about legal sources for the other 90% of ROMs... Well Hanaho has legal distribution rights to Capcom's entire classic library. If you buy the Hanaho HotRod joystick, you get a Capcom emulator and dozens of Capcom ROMs with it.
~Ray B.
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You can also buy the HANHO CD (CAPCOM Arcaded Hits Volume 1) at Best Buy for $9 at least they have it at my local store.
-Goz
Crazy Cooter:
1up should talk to capcom... still have the emulator issue though (another thread).
I'd love to start a thread on where to obtain ROM's for commercial use, but not until Foley is out of the scene. I don't want to help him in anyway. We should speak directly with starroms and help them out. I think they are the best guys to do it "right" for all concerned parties.
If Ultracade/Arcade Legends does steal the use of the "MAME" name, What will happen to all the old versions of MAME? Will the MAME dev's have to rename them to avoid confusion with Foley?
shawnzilla:
Just looked at DF's Ucde site and noticed that he seems to have selling rights to several games. How did he pull this off? In particular, how did he pull off getting the rights to the laserdisc games? Is he selling actual laserdiscs? I know the DL & SA are available through digital leisure, but Badland, DL II and Super Don Quixote??? Next thing you know, he'll have suckered Monkey Punch into selling him the rights to Cliffhanger....