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Is Foley really the devil..?? (Previously: RetroBlast is a traitor..??)
AlanS17:
I hope the Ultracade does get reviewed. That way the front-end can be reverse-engineered.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: KevSteele on June 12, 2005, 10:40:56 pm ---That's kind of my point - all it takes is one lawsuit. Are the MAMEdevs a corporation? Do they have a nice, comfy "legal slush fund"? Can they just put the "company" in bankruptcy protection should a lawsuit come after them and their personal assets?
No. And if there is a lawsuit, MAME stops.
--- End quote ---
I agree entirely ... and would welcome a legal ROM licensing arrangement (I won't be happy if it benefits Mr Foley, but there is the greater good to consider).
Further, there is an issue that folks seem to be missing ... since these companies are already licensing the ROMs out to people like Mr. Foley, they may have an obligation to protect the value of that license (either on their own accord, or at the insistence of their licensees), even if only through a small lawsuit.
That would be enough to do it ... it is simple utility theory ... you would have to be crazy to try and mount a legal defense on behalf of something that you do as a hobby, for no money and which has been the cause of so much aggravation.
Cheers.
paigeoliver:
Let Mame stop, it is finished anyway. Let someone else emulate the newer titles sometime in the future (and they will, they always do). Nesticle hasn't been updated in like 8 years, but my copy still works.
GGKoul:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 12, 2005, 11:17:27 pm ---Let Mame stop, it is finished anyway. Let someone else emulate the newer titles sometime in the future (and they will, they always do). Nesticle hasn't been updated in like 8 years, but my copy still works.
--- End quote ---
So true...
IntruderAlert:
By the way Kev,
Do you plan to ever do a review of the GP-Wiz49 ?
and possibly revise your KEYWIZ MAX 1.5 review?
I believe Tiger-Heli posted this for you some time ago:
http://www.mameworld.net/tigerheli/encoder/rebuttal.htm
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