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Using a MAME machine for charity fund raising?
AlanS17:
--- Quote from: Stobe on July 15, 2005, 06:11:04 am ---Perhaps a bartop would be more suitable for a charity auction.
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Bill Mote:
I'd say think bigger picture here ... keep the focus off our "community." There's no real driver for anyone to care about us. The Mame emulator team hasn't faced any grief because no one is focused on them. The roms are readily available because we haven't given anyone a reason to stop their distribution.
Before we start knashing at the teeth about legal this and legal; think about something as simple as "commercial skipping" and how it affected ReplyTV. It doesn't matter what you and I think. What matters is how this whole thing could play out in the media if someone made a big brew-ha-ha about how all these people are stealing games and making money.
ChadTower:
I'll go a bit further and say that the only thing that matters here, or ever really, is who has more money for legal costs.
Dartful Dodger:
Remeber:
No good deed goes unpunished.
juggle50:
I think I disagree with everyone. This is a charity event is for a "children's hospital" It sounds like the money goes to help kids with cancer and lukimia and stuff. I think those things are more important than "our community" If we can do some good with our hobby then I think that's really cool. I understand that technically it's illigal. Just like copying a vhs tape and burning a cd for our friend. Everyone in this forum sort of skirts around the law with our own copys of roms. But for crying out loud it's for sick kids. Nobody is going to report it, and nobody is really going to care. If an arcade company does have a problem with it, it's really bad PR for them sue a function dedicated to helping children.
Please don't misunderstand me, I think doing it for profit is wrong. And if the function is a big media event then I might think twice about doing it. But I think a little bit of "robin hood" is okay now and then.