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MAMEDev's pull auctions without MAME
monkeybomb:
--- Quote from: Setabs on June 04, 2005, 09:18:16 am ---Im sorry anyone using the search term mame to find t-molding is probably going to have an ugly cabinet.
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My cabinet is quite nice and I used MAME as a search. Since all the vendors did it, it was convinent. They could change to EMU now or one of the other suggestions. Once it catches on it won't be a big deal.
NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 04, 2005, 06:39:02 am ---if the seller mislabels it as "Atari Yoke Control", a similar item may sell for around $25-30.
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Even better is when it goes up as an "Atari Yolk".
VMJ Team:
Well, for those defending what the mamedev team is doing...I didn't even want to mess around with their rediculous demands...they obviously didn't have their legal team write that stuff...
So I removed every instance of "mame" or "m.a.m.e." from my auctions. It was there in the context of...supports xbox, mame, playstation, etc...keep in mind that I sell "empty" game cabinet kits.
Anyways, removed all instances of "mame" and replaced it with PC Emulators, and relisted my items. Those where just pulled and my ebay account suspended.
I have sent an email to the address listed on the ebay vero form without a response.
Considering that "MAME" was not used anywhere in my items and there were still pulled...considering they were relisted after this thread was started...is it really a hick-up or did they just get caught going to far? A hick-up would mean that there is a problem and it should have been corrected by now...since I have not received a response, I'm assuming that they know what they are doing.
So for anyone to say this is "just" or "fair"...open your eyes!
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: CyberPunk on June 07, 2005, 08:15:12 am ---Well, for those defending what the mamedev team is doing...I didn't even want to mess around with their rediculous demands...they obviously didn't have their legal team write that stuff...
So I removed every instance of "mame" or "m.a.m.e." from my auctions. It was there in the context of...supports xbox, mame, playstation, etc...keep in mind that I sell "empty" game cabinet kits.
Anyways, removed all instances of "mame" and replaced it with PC Emulators, and relisted my items. Those where just pulled and my ebay account suspended.
I have sent an email to the address listed on the ebay vero form without a response.
Considering that "MAME" was not used anywhere in my items and there were still pulled...considering they were relisted after this thread was started...is it really a hick-up or did they just get caught going to far? A hick-up would mean that there is a problem and it should have been corrected by now...since I have not received a response, I'm assuming that they know what they are doing.
So for anyone to say this is "just" or "fair"...open your eyes!
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Technically you might have a better claim to the Mame trademark than they do. After all you (via the Mameroom name) have actually been using it in commerce. ;D
paigeoliver:
Also apparently xgaming.com's ebay auctions are immune to the rules, because apparently they can still spam "Mame" all over their titles.