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DreamArcades:
I wish MAME(TM) would just go Open Source! So we could avoid all this nonsense.


MAME(TM) is a pending trademark of Nicola Salmoria. Dream Arcades LLC, is not affiliated with MAME(TM) or the MAMEdev team.

<edited to comply with new MAME(TM) usage rules.>

Q*Bert_OP:
@!#!$@$%^%&^%((*&^$%T&$%      or whatever Q*Bert says! >:(

CheffoJeffo:
I think it is a little early to ascribe motives to the MAMEdevs.

Their priority is (and probably should be) to protect the project, not to make it easy for us to build/sell cabinets and play loads of games. I suspect that those two issues are beginning to diverge and that the latter is threatening the safety of the project (at least in the minds of the lawyers).

I thought that there were general fair use terms that covered trademarks and would be curious to know how these new limitations compare to fair use provisions.

Cheers.

RandyT:
IANAL, but there is a little thing known as "fair use" that may or may not be applicable here.

Of course, lawsuits can be filed just because someone has a bad morning, so it all boils down to how far one wants to take something based on legal principle.  It also won't matter when they come to yank your auction. So as long as eBay takes the stand of not taking a stand, IP owners can do whatever they want there.

RandyT

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: RandyT on June 02, 2005, 02:49:20 pm ---It also won't matter when they come to yank your auction, so as long as eBay takes the stand of not taking a stand, IP owners can do whatever they want there.

--- End quote ---

Perhaps the most relevant statement on the entire issue to date.

Cheers.

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