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MikeQ:


--- Quote from: markrvp on January 18, 2006, 08:14:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: MikeQ on January 18, 2006, 07:16:38 pm ---The only reason I mentioned that they could be found with a search engine is to exhibit how high profile this site was.  It wasn't a site that I had to work very hard to find.  I would think if there were companies that were interested in stopping this, that this site woud be the first to go.

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That's why there is a rule here that you don't talk about where to get roms, to protect this site from prosecution.  It is absolutely 100% legal to talk about how to build arcade controls, though, so that's what we talk about.

Thanks for working on all the LED stuff.  That's going to be a valuable contribution.

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Jeepers,

If no one is prosecuting the ROM sites, why in the world would they prosecute this site?

And again, I never mentioned where to get ROMS.

Your welcome.  Someday i'll get it posted somewhere.

MikeQ:

Something funny the other night.  A very famous, very reputable film/image related Museum in New York had a tribute to Ron Howard on TV.  They had a little segment on the video industry and its contribution to moving images.  They mentioned that you could go to the Museum website and see more about video game history.  My wife and I were watching in bed, so she grabs the laptop and goes to the website.  They have history on the first video games, etc.  Has a page on Asteroids.  She goes to the page and at the bottom in big words it says "Download The ROM".  She clicks on it and it has a whole article about MAME and what ROMS are and actually lets you download the ROM.

Seems like nobody is following the rules.

ften:


--- Quote from: MikeQ on January 18, 2006, 04:45:58 pm ---Something interesting on their site, they state that the "Protected" roms are protected by the IDSA and that they will never post these roms.

Why exactly is discussing a ROM site like this a bad thing.  It isn't like I'm soliciting for sites.  If anything, I'm trying to understand the legalities so I can try to adhere to them.

They are located in Marietta Georgia.

The hosting company is in Washington State

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Thats like up the road from me, Marietta. Intresting.

-FTen

quarterback:

That is odd.  The museum's website has a number of ROMs on the site (not just asteroid), links to MAME, info about Nicola etc...


--- Quote from: MikeQ on January 18, 2006, 08:33:27 pm ---Something funny the other night.  A very famous, very reputable film/image related Museum in New York had a tribute to Ron Howard on TV.  They had a little segment on the video industry and its contribution to moving images.  They mentioned that you could go to the Museum website and see more about video game history.  My wife and I were watching in bed, so she grabs the laptop and goes to the website.  They have history on the first video games, etc.  Has a page on Asteroids.  She goes to the page and at the bottom in big words it says "Download The ROM".  She clicks on it and it has a whole article about MAME and what ROMS are and actually lets you download the ROM.

Seems like nobody is following the rules.

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MikeQ:

The information being in a museum is right up the MAMEDEVs alley and is appropriate place for this kind of history but to make the stuff available is really strange. 



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