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Ultracade send Cease and Desist letter
Hoopz:
To read an article on a related topic, this this one:
http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/community/printthread.php?t=20373
Its about a college student who sold MSFT products on Ebay.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: teef two on May 12, 2005, 11:46:31 am ---Unfair competition! Good grief. So they must think you are the Microsoft of the Arcade Cabinet world then.
--- End quote ---
Actually, I think it's more like Ultracade thinks they are the Microsoft of the Arcade Cabinet World.
Regarding the previous example, it's more like Dell trying to get Gateway to quit selling PC's b/c it's unfair competition. (or vice versa).
Fat_Trucker:
De.....Ja.......Vue.
Perhaps you should contact MAME dev or Nicola directly. If you are packaging legitimately licenced roms then I can't really see any issue for you.
Sounds like Ultracade are trying a shakedown.
I wonder if they've contacted all the artists and printshops again like they did last time?.
dema:
While I'm not a lawyer, I don't think they have a legal case when it comes to enforcing a cease and desist letter. You are simply providing an assembled structure within which people can house PCs, video game consoles, or arcade parts from older machines. I'm guessing if you were to stop offering the games with the cabinets they wouldn't have a leg to stand on -- that could be the only issue where it becomes hazy legally (depending on whether you aquired the rights to distribute them), but even that is nonsense.
Screw Ultracade. If their product was any good they wouldn't have to try stifling the competition. They can't stop people from building arcades, and you're selling a prebuilt arcade. For this to have any merit they'd then have to sue arcade part distributors to keep things out of the public's hands. This whole thing is nonsense.
Stingray:
Clearly Mr. Ultracade didn't learn a lesson the last time he fired off a round of S&D letters. This guy is a world class anus.
-S
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