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| monkeybomb:
Because it would leagalize and legitimize the whole hobby. |
| divemaster127:
This is going to change nothing, within a week or so the auctions will all be back up with the word mame, & if not the auctions will still be there, sometimes the mamedev's forget without the followers this project would be dead, maybe its time a select few came out of the clouds... |
| nobody:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on June 02, 2005, 02:56:11 pm ---Maybe the MAME team is just concerned that this exposure isn't such a great idea in general. When people start using MAME to make money it could wake up game makers. --- End quote --- i think this would be the most logical explanation, at the moment MAME isnt massive money (compared to alot of related things) and its spread over lots of different vendors. My guess is companies dont mind alot of the stuff since alot of the time people are buying their old cabinets anyway. Howver if 5 jillion people make scratch built cabs and load up 5,000 ROMS they are going to start buying up the rights to all the old games and come down on the free download sites like a ton of bricks. Then we are all going to have to pay a shitload for every single game we buy |
| Hoagie_one:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 02, 2005, 03:05:38 pm --- --- Quote from: Hoagie_one on June 02, 2005, 02:58:03 pm ---which could be a good thing....because then maybe then they would start wanting to get a piece of teh action and start selling roms or a license to use a rom. --- End quote --- And exactly WHY would THAT be a good thing --- End quote --- if more companies offered legitimate sources for their old games, it would add a legitimacy to the Mame process. |
| nobody:
--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on June 02, 2005, 03:10:14 pm --- --- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 02, 2005, 03:05:38 pm --- --- Quote from: Hoagie_one on June 02, 2005, 02:58:03 pm ---which could be a good thing....because then maybe then they would start wanting to get a piece of teh action and start selling roms or a license to use a rom. --- End quote --- And exactly WHY would THAT be a good thing --- End quote --- if more companies offered legitimate sources for their old games, it would add a legitimacy to the Mame process. people could make money selling cabs. Companies would make money selling rom sets legally. Even teh Mame devs could start making money legally and still continue the project. Then we wont all have to go around acting like we dont pirate or something. --- End quote --- but it would end up that as more money gets involved the more companies will be bought up by the giants and well end up with about 3 companies controlling the market |
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