Subject: RE: [stella] Are 7800 demos legal??? From: slapdash@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Russ Perry Jr) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 09:45:42 -0600 |
At 2:36 AM 11/24/99, John Saeger wrote: >Russ Perry Wrote: >> Copyright infringement is NOT legal; there are provisions for fair use, >> but I don't believe this case warrants it. >Weell, I don't know about this. One way of looking at it is that I'm >half-owner of an authentic Atari development kit. It seems that fair use of >such an item is that I should be able to write new games. If ripping 4KB of >the ROM is the only way to do it, then so be it. Ah, here's the rub... You're right -- you have every right to use that code while designing your game. However, posting that part of the source/image, or selling games including it would NOT be legal, in my opinion. Tricky distinction. >Maybe if Hasbro were >willing to give me encryption keys on demand to save me from wasting that >space, then that would be much better. But something tells me that >developer support no longer exists on this machine. ;-) Well, as someone else suggested, you never know if they might throw up their hands and say "do what thou wilst". >> I'm pretty sure you're thinking of Sega vs Accolade... >Yeah, I think you're right. It's been a while since I've read the case and >I don't have a copy any more. Do you have a copy I could read or know where >I could get one? Unfortunately not. You MIGHT check into http://www.icwhen.com, around 1993? on the history pages, and see if it at least has a mention of it. >So I guess I don't know yet what we're going to do. We're not criminals. >;-) BTW, the reason I felt O.K. about scanning and posting all of the >documentation is that there wasn't a copyright notice in sight. So I didn't >think it was up to me to ask them about it. It's up to them to tell me if >there is a problem. There's a problem with that too... The originator has a copyright regardless, but they'd have a hell of a time proving it. Again, I should point out that I'm trying to nitpick the letter of the law as I know it, not suggest a course of action. As for me, I'd rather see some new games, and since we're talking about obsolete systems here, I think (perhaps Robin Hood style) that there should be no problem sending out this information -- that doesn't mean there WON'T be problems, however unlikely. That's why I point out what I can, and let you decide. >Besides, the Stella manual that we all know and love is >based on the same material. If it's illegal, then everybody who's ever >written a 2600 game is a bootlegger of sorts. ;-) RetroBandits, all of us... //*================================================================++ || Russ Perry Jr 2175 S Tonne Dr #105 Arlington Hts IL 60005 || || 847-952-9729 slapdash@xxxxxxxxxxxx VIDEOGAME COLLECTOR! || ++================================================================*// -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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