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Discussion: Ultracade and the Mame Trademark
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: mahuti on February 28, 2005, 11:26:15 am ---Nobody would be able to protect a trademark on that. lol.
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but then bill gates seems to think the word 'windows' is his alone. oh, nad probably the word 'word'!!
word,
danny.
1UP:
--- Quote from: Chris on February 28, 2005, 09:38:58 pm ---And if his iROMs service goes forward, that's a good thing for the community, even if we refuse to use it.
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Could be a bad thing--especially if no one uses it. If iRoms goes down in flames, it would be unlikely anyone would try anything like it again (creating a legal source of roms.)
"So you say you need investors, Mr. StarROMs? I don't know, remember what happened to that iRoms thing..." :(
Tommy Boy:
--- Quote from: 1UP on March 01, 2005, 01:21:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Chris on February 28, 2005, 09:38:58 pm ---And if his iROMs service goes forward, that's a good thing for the community, even if we refuse to use it.
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Could be a bad thing--especially if no one uses it. If iRoms goes down in flames, it would be unlikely anyone would try anything like it again (creating a legal source of roms.)
"So you say you need investors, Mr. StarROMs? I don't know, remember what happened to that iRoms thing..." :(
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I agree. The other issue here is that this guy has apparently no capability to formulate and execute a coherent strategy. I ask: Why would one pi$$ down the leg of the very community which is the target market for iRoms? This guy's business acumen leaves something to be desired.
What do you want to bet that he uses this iRoms service as an excuse to chase down "illegal" roms and prices games so that they won't "compete" with his Ultracase packages? In the end this will be a poorly executed fiasco that COULD HAVE BEEN a good idea but instead gets killed by a greedy goon that doesn't realize what he's got.
If he's smart he'll realize that iRoms could be a much bigger money maker than building cabs. I'll bet he gets it backwards and kills iRoms by trying to use it to drive off competition to Ultracade. Moron.
RetroJames:
Fear:
iRoms service established
iRoms somehow encrypted to prevent them running on MAME
iRoms only run on Ultracade hardware/software
Ayone using MAME MUST be running illegal roms
Now that mamedevs are "in the open", pursue mame as illegal
Note Nintendo states that emulators are the evil of mankind in no uncertain terms
Note DF has already made statements to the effect that "since mame emus capcom, it is an illegal sf package"
Thank you , come again.
THe good news...all vectrex games are legal :-\
Crazy Cooter:
Exactly... illegal "by default".
Digital Rights Management.
Your ROM download can only be used on 1 cabinet...
Boycott Ultracade & Arcade Legends
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