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Discussion: Ultracade and the Mame Trademark
1UP:
Heh, didn't see this before...
Looks like Foley has had his share of trouble from copyright holders in the past.
http://www.ultracade.com/flashsite.html
Go to the news link and read the top story.
He obviously has been stung quite recently by selling machines with ROMs pulled from Namco boards.
saint:
Without weighing in on one side or another ... this statement below, as I understand it, is incorrect. eBay does not investigate claims as I've been told. If someone fills out the paperwork to claim ownership of a copyright, eBay takes them at face value and will pull any challenged auctions, regardless of actual merit.
--- saint
--- Quote from: Fat_Trucker on February 27, 2005, 03:13:51 pm ---After all, if this situation was already the case, Mr Foley wouldn't have been able to provide any justification for having competitors pulled from ebay and likely would have failed in efforts to get their products removed.
--- End quote ---
Fat_Trucker:
You may well be correct. I just think there's little point in overtly offering people like Foley a stick to beat the scene over the head with.
With just a little care in the way auctions are worded, hopefully it would remove what little credibility people like Foley accredit themselves with when they try to pull this sort of caper. And could help to divert any unwelcome attention in future.
(Off topic, just ordered a copy of your book from Amazon, hopefully will minimise the possibility of my blowing myself through the wall when I'm wiring my first cab up shortly ;D)
Crazy Cooter:
Since when did we get a softspot for --missioncontrol-- Foley?
Fat_Trucker:
No disagreement here, i've maintained throughout the thread that his attempt at backpedalling to justify his actions after he tried to hijack MAME for himself and extort money from people was deploreable.
I understand the situation as far as ebay is concerned. The point I was trying (obviously unsuccessfully) to make wasn't offering a concession for Foley or his actions.
Simply that there is a fair amount of ambiguous (sp?) language used in the sale of some items and sometimes items do skirt dangerously close to the fringes of legitimacy.
Without anyone having to change anything they are selling I think it would make sense if by simply changing the angle of some of the sales pitches it should remove any possibility that someone might be able to try to justify these sort of actions in future.
I know it might not stop ebay from pulling them, but it would certainly remove any possibility that someone like Foley could release any more bleeding heart statements after the fact about how they were simply protecting a legitimate interest from dubious practices.
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