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are 39 in 1 boards illegal to have on location ?

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FrizzleFried:
I think some people have way too much free time on their hands...but then again,  look at where I am posting this.

 :dunno

Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on March 04, 2008, 08:36:28 pm ---He knows what I'm talking about.  ;)

--- End quote ---

I don't have a bloody clue what you're talking about...... So stop talking in riddles and come out and say whatever it is that you ARE talking about.

The question was, is it illegal to use a multi game board in a commercial application.... The answer is YES IT IS! and that was the answer I gave. 

So if you have something to say then please feel free to illuminate the rest of us as to what that is??

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

rlemmon:
Holy hell what have i done  :laugh2:  Thanks for all your replys guys.

cornishHen:

it really doesn't look as if authorities care if these boards are sold.  I have seen these sold publicly on websites for some time.    A quick search for "jamma 48-in-1" brings up plenty of vendors for the boards.  Almost all appearing at top of the search are U.S. companies.. :dizzy:


AaronGiles:
The authorities might not care, but it's not really their business. They might care if you operate the machine since many places have laws on operating only machines that meet certain criteria in public places. But I don't know anything about that.

The people who do care are those of us whose games are being pirated (in the case of the arcade manufacturers) or whose work is being used against the license (in the case of MAME). The fact that these things are sold at a profit and used to make money just pisses me off.

Now, you might look at the situation and think, well, who's going to come after me? And you might be right/lucky that none of the arcade manufacturers have you on their radar, or that nobody working on MAME has deep enough pockets to make it a legal issue. So yes, there is a good chance that you would get away with it without being thrown in jail or having to cough up thousands of dollars.

In the end, it boils down to a moral choice. Do you respect the property rights of the IP holders? Do you respect the wishes of the folks who write the software that you get for free? If not, then do what you will, but please don't pollute this forum -- which was built on the back of the software whose license so many here seem to be eager to ignore -- with discussing it.

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