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Discussion: Ultracade and the Mame Trademark
Santoro:
--- Quote from: Dexter on March 09, 2005, 11:47:21 am ---The MAME site points out that the purpose of the emulator is to preserve the hardware, playing the games is a nice side effect (I know, I know). While not watertight this has been the official standpoint since as long as I'm a user (i.e. since mame 030). While downloading the roms may be illegal, as long as they own one original board and the emulator is original code by the mamedevs I don't see how they could be liable. They cannot be held responsible for misuse by others in the community.
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Yes, just like Napster had legitimate uses.
Dexter:
Thing is, the DVD writer in my PC, under my TV and cd burner etc. are accepted to be used 90%+ of the time for non-legit reasons, should they be banned too? The Mamedevs are careful to keep newer games disabled in their builds until 2 or 3 years after their release, ensuring no serious loss of revenue for the gamemakers, whereas filesharing software does cause a major hit to music and movie studios on a zero day ongoing basis. Given the mindful actions of the mamedevs, misuse by others will not cause the kind of financial loss that might bring about lawsuits. As long as everybody keeps on track with their heads down, while making life difficult for this idiot, things should be ok in the long run.
RayB:
Human beings should no longer reproduce, because your offspring might be used for illegal activities when they grow up!
GGKoul:
WOW!!!
Look at the prices of the Ultracade Game Packs on the bottom of the page...
http://www.thepinballstore.com/ultracade.html
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: GGKoul on March 09, 2005, 03:08:39 pm ---WOW!!!
Look at the prices of the Ultracade Game Packs on the bottom of the page...
http://www.thepinballstore.com/ultracade.html
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From that above link:
"Availability on all games contained on Ultracade Technology products changes almost daily, so please give us a call to find out all the latest updates on this incredible machine." (emphasis mine)
Gee...wonder why?
mrC
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