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Roland Backs Down On MT-32 Emulator

Posted by timothy on from the better-part-of-valor dept.

canadacow writes "This is a follow up to the cease and desist letter the MT-32 project received (Original Story). Roland, unable to find documentationg establishing a copyright on the MT-32's ROM, has yielded to the project and allowed distribution of the emulator to continue. On my page www.artworxinn.com/alex I've again posted the emulator along with the legal developments as they happened after the receipt of the initial C&D letter. This development was largely due in part to the legal support of the Electronic Frontier Foundation."

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  1. SADDAM'S CAPTURED, BUSH STILL A DICKHEAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and Constitutional criminal! EAT SHIT!

    1. Re:SADDAM'S CAPTURED, BUSH STILL A DICKHEAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, Bush is neither a dickhead nor a constitutional criminal.

    2. Re:SADDAM'S CAPTURED, BUSH STILL A DICKHEAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, Bush is neither a dickhead nor a constitutional criminal.

      Bush sent the US military to invade a country that was not a threat to the US all on misrepresented "intelligence", a clear violation of the Constitution. Saddam was never a threat to us. It is not America's job to "liberate" the world.

    3. Re:SADDAM'S CAPTURED, BUSH STILL A DICKHEAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      a clear violation of the Constitution

      Please cite the nessecary Constitutional wording to back this up.

      The constitution does not prohibit stupid presidents from sending the military to fight stupid wars.

    4. Re:SADDAM'S CAPTURED, BUSH STILL A DICKHEAD by YOU+LIKEWISE+FAIL+IT · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      The constitution does not prohibit stupid presidents from sending the military to fight stupid wars.

      I am not overly familiar with the US Constitution ( after all, I live somewhere else ), but don't you think that Article I, Section 8, subsection 11 * reserves this power to the Congress?

      * In the list of legislative powers reserved to the congress as mentioned in Section 1: "To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;"

      YLFI
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  2. First Synthesizer Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Beeez Boooz Beeez
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  3. Buried alive... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    KHAAAAAN!

  4. documentationg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why is here such horrible failure in spelling and grammar? If there is irony in this comment, I apologize.

  5. documentationg ! by phoxix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the n and g aren't that close to each other ....

  6. Please...somebody has to save the world! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  7. Re:great, now we can all freely emulate MT32s.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Half as good as an MT64

  8. Re:great, now we can all freely emulate MT32s.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Half as good as an MT64

    An MT64 really isn't twice as good for the vast majority of users. There are few if any individuals that actually need 64 MTs. Hell, I've still got an old MT8 running in the closet. It's been doing its job just fine for over 12 years.

  9. Re:Saddam: The Real Story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I had heard that the capture details are askew. Rumor has it some us gis were in a strip club. They recognized Saddam after he threw his mask to the captain of the batallion.

  10. Re:Not a win for OSS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We got Saddam. Your evil overlords, Islam, will be deconstructed and destroyed. You cannot impose your foul cult on the progressive world. You will be found and stamped out. Also, communists and far-left socialists, you will be shown to be the frauds you are and your failing systems will buckle under the system of economic imperialism and power. We will defeat you all until you capitulate into acting like human beings and worrying about your family, your children, their success and their future and human progress before your cults, religions and nationalism. We will expose the cults and the frauds you are and when you capitulate to the progressive west your standard of living will rise and the lies of your dictators will be exposed. FREEDOM from your cult and oppression, and you social armchair assholes who think they can think for me, Well will triumph over you.