Main > Main Forum

cant seem to grasp why mame is 'illegal' for commercial use

Pages: << < (26/29) > >>

RayB:

@Ark: The purpose of Bleem was to play PS1 games on a PC, at a time when the PS1 was still for sale.  DMCA has exceptions to the circumvention clauses for the purposes of archiving, or otherwise legitimate use of obsolete software/hardware.

But even so, I think you need to dig deeper in the Bleem case, because as I remember it... part of Sony's alegation was that the only way they could have made Bleem actually work was by use of a particular "bios" software. Thus, having a copy of this bios in Bleem made it a copyright infringement.

Malenko:

What does bleem have to do with MAME?
 :dunno


ark_ader:


--- Quote from: Haze on February 18, 2010, 04:23:09 pm ---
Why can't you find a (current) commercial PSX emulator?

probably because nobody cares enough about the PSX anymore, and there is no demand for one, thus nobody has made one?


--- End quote ---

Can someone find me a commercial PSX emulator?

Question is, if Connectix had more cash would they have been able to defeat the DMCA, instead of pulling the product off the shelf?

This was interesting as it makes the case for MAME much more clearer.

This was before DMCA, so again, if Sega jumped up and bit a developer who [hypothetically] created a free emulator of the Megadrive/Genesis, would fair use still hold water today?
 

--- Quote from: Malenko on February 19, 2010, 09:01:27 am ---What does bleem have to do with MAME?
 :dunno


--- End quote ---

Have you read the whole thread or just chiming in?  ???

Malenko:

this isnt my first reply to the thread, so that should answer your question. This thread is about " why mame is 'illegal' for commercial use" so what does bleem have to do with MAME?  MAME emulates outdated hardware, Bleem emulated hardware that was still being sold in stores, so they have no parallel other then the fact they are emulators. Bleem was created to make money, MAME was not.

Im just not sure why you thinking bring up Accolade VS Sega, which I believe had something to do with them using sega's start up code in unlicensed carts, means anything. No one in here is a copyright lawyer (that I know of) and beyond that  the meat of the MAME devs are in different countries around the world so US laws wouldnt apply.

the DMCA means dick anywhere else in the world.

ark_ader:


--- Quote from: Malenko on February 19, 2010, 03:18:09 pm ---
the DMCA means dick anywhere else in the world.

--- End quote ---

So you have been reading this thread.....

What does Bleem have to do with Mame?  Well it was referenced in a previous post by someone who thought it was important.

You tell me.  :)

Pages: << < (26/29) > >>

Go to full version