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saint:
Amusingly (?) enough, I found another one on the site here just now and added it to the banned list. That's 11 sites I have banned from Google Ads for being ROM sites. I wish Google would let you filter ads by keyword instead of by URL...

--- saint


--- Quote from: Haze on June 03, 2005, 05:23:45 pm ---I was talking about here, I've seen a few on my visits.

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Chris:

--- Quote from: KevSteele on June 03, 2005, 05:35:40 pm ---Unfortunately, eBay also told DreamArcades they were going to pull their account because of continued violations (when there were none).

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This is why I'm worried about Aaron's approach.  To Aaron it's a convenience to shoot everyone down; to eBay, everyone he VeRO's is a pirate.

froggerman:

--- Quote from: RayB on June 03, 2005, 03:28:41 pm ---Threads like this make baby jesus cry.  :'(

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Not only him!   ;)

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: Setabs on June 03, 2005, 03:59:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: KevSteele on June 02, 2005, 02:03:17 pm ---
6. You must not include any unlicensed game software (ROMs or CHDs) or artwork with your product. Furthermore, you must not provide information to those who purchase your product concerning where to obtain unlicensed game software.

7. You must not mislead the buyer with pictures or lists of games that do not come included with your product. Any games or pictures you use must refer to properly-licensed games that are included with the purchased product.

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I don't see how this guidline has anything to do with MAME(tm).  Mainly the artwork seeing how they covered mame art work earlier.

 Is it really their responsibilty about the buyer being misleading w/ pictures and game lists.  Shouldn't that be an issue between the buyer and seller?

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Speaking for Aaron, I think his wording was a little bit vague on the artwork issue, but I think what he is getting at is:

If you have a Donkey Kong image (which you drew, therefore unlicensed) on your arcade cabinet, you are in violation of Nintendo's trademark, and if you mention "Compatible with MAME(tm)" in the item description, MAMEdev does not want to risk MAME being associated with it, but I doubt they would pull the ad for this.

I have seen many cabs on E-bays which say "Plays 5,000 games" - then has 3 dozen MAME screenshots (probably not even on the same computer that is included).  I think this is what Aaron was meaning to go after.

Shadowgate:
The best solution for the community in my opinion would be to come up with another word that describes a "Mame machine". Mame is really only one useable piece of software so its not really a good descriptor but if the community switches to a new word that essentially describes the same thing there is no issue of a copyright violation.

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