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Emugaming Responds To Sega's Threats

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the emulate-this dept.

JayBonci writes: "I saw this first over at Retrogames, and I thought it might be of general interest to the Slashdot community. Its a response from EmuGaming to Sega's broad letter to news sites over the whole DC disc piracy thing. You can read more about it by going here. The article mentions a lot of Sega's legal tactics for looking out for its IP rights. Do they have much merit? Check out the article and see for yourself."

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  1. Corporate Law In The New America,Inc. by d.valued · · Score: 3

    Nader calls it best when he calls the current state of America as a "Corporate Socialist state".

    Meaning: You do something 'wrong' (as defined by the megacorps), and you get severely penalised back to the Industrial Age.

    Folks, the world of Shadowrun looks like it's looming closer.

    Let's just say I intend to be a decker.

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    1. Re:Corporate Law In The New America,Inc. by Wah · · Score: 3

      I saw Nader's speech last night on C-Span. He ranted like some of the crazy posts I've seen here. That being said, he's got my vote!
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  2. Emulation and Copying by Mike+the+Mac+Geek · · Score: 3

    OK, I own a DC. Yeah I know, I'm a big damn fan of the underdog. Apple, Sega, I also root for the Coyote.

    Anyway, I agree with Sega. If they don't defend their intellectual property, (Logos, manuals, boot Roms) then they lose it. The only way to do it is to issue sweeping draconian statements like they did.

    Don't get me wrong, I like emu's as much as the next guy. But only for things like older systems, where he parts can no longer be purchased. NES, etc. They should be released into the public domain. Any current selling systems new from the company, I believe should be protected until the system is discontinued.

    It's a hell of a philosophy, I know. But hey, I don't have any lawyers on my back to question it.

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  3. Re:One reason to copy a game you own... by nebby · · Score: 3

    True, I suppose situations where a better experience of playing the game on a different platform would facilitate a real use for moving the ROMs around to different platforms (in this case, gameboy->PC)

    That also involves a change in media. I guess if you had some real reason you preferred a DC emulator on a computer over the actual DC, you would have to "back up" onto CD-ROM from the DC disc.. but that would result in a loss movies and stuff anyway which would suck :)

    Since a Playstation uses CD's, there's no excuse :)

    (BTW - Gameboy Advanced looks cool :))

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  4. The site talked about by semaj · · Score: 4

    www.dcisos.com

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  5. What DCISOS.com did WAS illegal! by piku · · Score: 4

    They had scans of Dreamcast game covers, manuals, CD's, and more on the site. THAT IS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION IN WHICH YOU NEED PERMISSION TO USE. If Sega does not want you to use them, then I can ask you to cease and desist. The boot CD is also their property, because it was done using Sega proprietary information, not reverse engineering (despite what Utopia says).

    Had dcisos.com not posted manuals, etc and the boot dc, and just provided the news, this wouldn't have happened.

  6. /. editors, please read this by Frac · · Score: 3

    Please make a new "Copyright violations" /. topic icon, so I can filter all these junk pieces out.

  7. My 2 cents by nebby · · Score: 4

    Basically, it all goes back to the argument that people giving information should not be held responsible for those who choose to misuse it. If I put up a website about how to use a handgun, and someone uses my website to kill someone, that's not my fault.

    Of course, the difference, at least to me, between Napster and this is that Napster actually supposedly does have some legitimate legal uses that are being executed (though slim, most people I know use it to just trade illegally copied MP3s, but maybe I'm crazy.)

    As far as "backing up" your console games .. well, that's been the excuse of the console piracy scene since the NES.. and it's a load of crap IMHO. I don't know anyone who "backs up" their games, the people who are competent enough to find the information how to do so have always either not been using that information or been using it to pirate games. If your game breaks you usually beat the shit out of it after not playing it for a few years, and if it breaks while you're still enjoying it you return it. All my old NES games/Playstation Games work.

    There's no question that the "backing up games" == "how to pirate games" .. but, the question really is weither or not that sharing this information is illegal. I don't think it is, but I guess Sega thinks it is and that they can beat it out in court. Kind of unconstitional, eh?

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