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Hope this isn't a taboo topic
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: MikeQ on January 18, 2006, 04:45:58 pm ---Something interesting on their site, they state that the "Protected" roms are protected by the IDSA and that they will never post these roms.
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I've seen similar things with old abandonware games. Lots of sites won't host Microprose games for the same reason, but other sites still do.
--- Quote ---Why exactly is discussing a ROM site like this a bad thing. It isn't like I'm soliciting for sites. If anything, I'm trying to understand the legalities so I can try to adhere to them.
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Rom begging goes against the board rules, as does generally making a public post about where to find them. The legalities of ownership of them has been discussed on the board ad infinitum, you might do a search on "copyright", "legality", etc.
--- Quote ---They are located in Marietta Georgia.
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Fascinating . . .
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: MikeQ on January 18, 2006, 05:13:26 pm ---So does this mean that the arcade companies just don't enforce the copyrights.
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Most don't. Namco and Nintendo definitely try to. Many older companies like say Gottlieb and to some extent Atari Arcade, it would be hard to know who owns the company anymore, much less the copyright on the arcade roms. . .
--- Quote ---Are copyrights like trademarks where if you don't enforce violations, then you will lose them?
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I don't believe so, I think they are permanent, but IANAL. However, if I copy and modify someone else's copyrighted work, then the original (and my work) retain the copyrights of the original author, plus my modifications (and therefore the entire work) also would be copyrightable by myself, so it becomes a very sticky issue to sort out.
mccoy178:
What's the linky? ;D J/K
knock, knock, knockin' on okay for this forums door.........
Sung in my best GNR voice.
Farmboy90:
--- Quote from: mccoy178 on January 18, 2006, 05:38:23 pm ---What's the linky? ;D J/K
knock, knock, knockin' on okay for this forums door.........
Sung in my best GNR voice.
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Hummm GNR? So not Dylan's version??
mccoy178:
I was just listening to the Use Your Illusions disc last night. It's stuck in my head.
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