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Using a MAME machine for charity fund raising?
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BarontheFirst:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on July 12, 2005, 09:26:47 am ---
--- Quote from: Thenasty on July 12, 2005, 09:20:59 am ---I was thinking of a fund raiser that people pay at the entrance and can do all the ativities inside such as unlimited drinks, cookies, play games etc. at no additional cost.

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Not sure that's what the OP meant, but that's somewhat taboo also.

It's basically a variation of the idea discussed in other threads of a bar or pizzaria installing a machine on free play - it still increases their profits and is therefore "charging" for MAME even if indirectly.

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So your saying if I have a party charge 5 bucks a head at the door and the ppl play my M.A.M.E cabinet I am charging or making money off my MAME cabinet? It also has working coin doors so I guess I am in alot of trouble!
Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: BarontheFirst on July 12, 2005, 05:40:54 pm ---So your saying if I have a party charge 5 bucks a head at the door and the ppl play my M.A.M.E cabinet I am charging or making money off my MAME cabinet? It also has working coin doors so I guess I am in alot of trouble!

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I never said you were in a lot of trouble.  But yes, you are probably in violation of the MAME usage license.  (Especially, if the people would have been less likely to come to the party if they didn't know the MAME cabinet would be there). 

I.E. if these people were coming over for drinks and didn't know you had a MAME cabinet (you didn't mention it on the invitations and they didn't know you), and then they played the cabinet - probably you're in the clear.

You tell people - Hey come by Friday and for $5 you can play my MAME cab and shoot pool, or you mention the party and people say "Hey, BarontheFirst has a cool MAME cab that we can play, let's pay our $5 and go", you're probably in violation of the license.
BarontheFirst:
Ya but isn't it a violation for the mere fact you have to pay to play my machine. Even if I am the one popping in the quarters it is still paying for MAME.



So can't I infact say that putting in quarters isn't paying for MAME but it is paying for the power to run it all and the upkeep?
Crazy Cooter:

--- Quote from: BarontheFirst on July 12, 2005, 06:24:17 pm ---Ya but isn't it a violation for the mere fact you have to pay to play my machine. Even if I am the one popping in the quarters it is still paying for MAME.



So can't I infact say that putting in quarters isn't paying for MAME but it is paying for the power to run it all and the upkeep?

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- If it's quarters from your pocket going in the machine and the quarters go back into your pocket, then you're not paying for anything.

- If some one is paying because the game is there (whether the $ goes to electricity or otherwise) then they are paying for the game.  So no, you can't infact say that.

Try that arguement with the police by charging $5.00 per guest for electricity and upkeep of your DVD player with rented movies...
BurningDog:
The short answer is that it should be ok as long as you don't get caught (first step to this would be not posting about it on an arcade forum, but its still highly unlikely).

The legal answer is that you're probably committing copyright infringement if you're using roms you don't legally own and breaking a license agreement by using mame in a commercial activity.  Both of these would be civil violations, not criminal, and you'd have to get sued for damages, which would be hard to prove that there were any.
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