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Mikezilla:
I suppose it depends on how much it costs, vs the pain in the butt it is to do it. If it said "download this for free and configure it yourself' vs "pay 1 dollar and play it with minimal hassle" I would go for the second option. Like I said, its not like this dude is getting paid a significant amount of cash. Besides, those games are so old! People like us are into this hobby for the EXPIERIENCE, and what it was like to play this games as kids on big arcade machines! The controls! Thats what it is for me anyway. Keep in mind those games were a business, they were designed to eat up your quarters. Ever been to the end of a metal slug game and actually beat it in an arcade? Jesus. So much money...

Personally I wouldnt buy, or DL any of those games for my iphone lol. I dunno, just seems like its not worth all this fuss. Dont get me wrong, I love you guys, you have all helped me out with my projects etc, but I dont really think this topic is THAT morally "wrong". Ill probably get chastised for that, but cmon.

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: Mikezilla on August 30, 2010, 03:42:18 pm ---I suppose it depends on how much it costs

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So it's okay to steal if the price is too high?

Whatever...

I don't justify my piracy. If I do it, it's because I can. Plain and simple.

I buy some stuff, I pirate others. A lot of the time, I pirate something, like it, then go buy it.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Mikezilla on August 30, 2010, 03:24:28 pm ---Then as a counter arguement, (sometimes do that to myself, with this being an istance) I dont know what it takes to actually make a "MAME" game, software wise. I have no idea what the process is to write the code to make the game identical to the original. If its a huge process and takes forever to do, then yes. This would be completely immoral. If it takes a little bit of time to do, with not that much effort, then meh. Times is money, thats what we are really talking about here. Time.

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It's been over 10 years with a large number of people working on it donating their time while others donate money to buy new boards for dumping.

Osirus23:
So what gives some ---uvula--- the right to make "A FEW DOLLARS" per copy selling a program he himself took part in writing, when the people who actually did write it did it without receiving ANY compensation and specifically distributed it with the stipulation that it never be sold for money?

Hoopz:

--- Quote from: Hoopz on February 05, 2010, 09:19:34 am ---This topic gets posted every few months and it follows the same general path of:

Why is/are Mame/emulation/roms legal/illegal
Discussion of DCMA
Intent of Mame and Mamedevs v. needs of end users
Obligatory post by Saint showing that BYOAC loves Mamedevs  ;)
Original PCBs v. roms
Discussion of legal aspects from everyone except a legal expert in this particular area
What Nintendo, Atari, Mattel, Namco, or ______ do to protect their copyrights
Discussion of copyright law v. patents v. trademarks
General bickering
Discussion that DCMA doesn't apply to those outside the US

Someone needs to sticky one of these damn threads so that people can continue the same arguments ad nauseum without starting new threads.


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