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Discussion: Ultracade and the Mame Trademark
Crazy Cooter:
That's why I wonder who he thinks his market is. The more sites he shuts down, the more auctions he has pulled, the harder he pushes... the greater the backlash.
Foley has no ethics when it comes to trying to get his way. That is proven by his track record.
rchadd:
the mame roms will just go onto bittorrent network or MIRC- how the hell does he think he would stop that? is he going to go after each individual?
the more i think of this, i figure that it is desperate actions from somebody who's company is going down the pan...
is it possible to review his company accounts for last few years? is that information publicly available in the US?
Crazy Cooter:
--- Quote from: rchadd on March 09, 2005, 06:09:38 am ---the more i think of this, i figure that it is desperate actions from somebody who's company is going down the pan...
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I agree. It wouldn't be the first time Ultracade went in the tank.
daywane:
I have contacted any one selling his junk and informed them Thank Dave Foley why no one will bid on any product made from him. I also told them they have illegal Roms on the machine
No one has clearly stated why his Roms are legal and mine are not.
most of the Roms out there are abounded. who really owns them?
RayB:
--- Quote from: daywane on March 09, 2005, 08:29:55 am ---most of the Roms out there are ABANDONED. who really owns them?
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Well, that's already been discussed to death... The roms anyone cares about (ie: GOOD games) still have clear owners. Atari, Midway, Williams, Capcom, Taito, SNK, etc...
There are only a few gray-area ones. Like Universal games? No one has come out with a Universal classics collection, but I do know a new Mr. Do games was released on the SNES in mid-90's, so that license must belong to some company somewhere...
Berzerk and Frenzy have never been re-released either, but I do know Mr Stern still owns the rights to those (I emailed and asked about that a couple years ago).
It's pretty rare when a company goes out of business, that their assets and intellectual properties don't get sold off to someone else.