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| dorikyasu
143th Post
 
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|  "MAME.DK is no more..."
, posted Mon 25 Feb 12:38:
doh...
"The roms of [mame.dk] was removed 3 days ago. [mame.dk] has recieved a notice from a copyright holder forcing us to shut down our service.
We are sorry for keeping you in the dark for a few days, but we used the weekend to discuss how to handle this sad incident, trying to develop new ideas on how to provide our old service. The conclusion is unfortunatly: no rom downloads.
[mame.dk] is a hobby project, and we do not want to put our personal economy in jeopardy on this, and we do NOT want to go into legal matters. The [mame.dk] project has grown rather large lately, and despite many and generous donations, we had to throw in the banners to pay for bandwidth costs at the last release. So maybe we just got too popular.
We will continue to provide the database services at [mame.dk], as well as the supporting files (emulator mirror, screenshots, artwork, samples etc.), and we will consider adding new "features" to the system.
Kind regards, the [mame.dk] team
Bombjack, Mr.Do and DigDug"
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| DKW
47th Post
Rare Customer
| "Re(1):MAME.DK is no more..." , posted Tue 26 Feb 20:20
quote:
" doh...
"The roms of [mame.dk] was removed 3 days ago. [mame.dk] has recieved a notice from a copyright holder forcing us to shut down our service.
We are sorry for keeping you in the dark for a few days, but we used the weekend to discuss how to handle this sad incident, trying to develop new ideas on how to provide our old service. The conclusion is unfortunatly: no rom downloads.
[mame.dk] is a hobby project, and we do not want to put our personal economy in jeopardy on this, and we do NOT want to go into legal matters. The [mame.dk] project has grown rather large lately, and despite many and generous donations, we had to throw in the banners to pay for bandwidth costs at the last release. So maybe we just got too popular.
We will continue to provide the database services at [mame.dk], as well as the supporting files (emulator mirror, screenshots, artwork, samples etc.), and we will consider adding new "features" to the system.
Kind regards, the [mame.dk] team
Bombjack, Mr.Do and DigDug"
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homepage - http://home.hawaii.rr.com/dkwff
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| DKW
48th Post
Rare Customer
| "Damn" , posted Tue 26 Feb 20:27
[Sorry...board zapped my post for no good reason. Here it is.]
Wasn't there a warning every time you wanted to download anything which stated very clearly that you had to own the game before you could start the download? (Yeah, yeah, just a legality...that was the point, wasn't it?)
Didn't anyone at all realize that these are all games that were completely removed from all markets, so no one lost a dime from any "illicit" downloads?
Has anyone learned a damn thing from the Napster case? You know, that killing the big, obvious target only paves the way for any number of smaller sites (some of which are a lot less ethical than Napster)? And that such a move not only alienates the customers you have, it guarantees that the ones who were split on the issue now won't give you a cent?
Does ANYONE AT ALL benefit from this absolutely ridiculous hard-a-word stance? Anyone?? 
(Sorry if this, ahem, upsets anyone, but I've seen too many good things killed by absolutley maniacal copyright law-thumping...again, these are all games that aren't making money anymore!...and I don't have a lot of sympathy for copyright holders right now.)
homepage - http://home.hawaii.rr.com/dkwff
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| DKW
49th Post
Rare Customer
| "Hmph..." , posted Wed 27 Feb 23:04
I have made it abundantly clear that I do not and never have given a damn about what constituted "proper" behavior for gamers, computer users, or whatever (yes, still using that Gameshark, hardware errors and all).
Given all the things these companies could be doing to protect their profits...say, producing games that don't require a Gameshark...what exactly is the point of denying access to old games, a move that'll save them absolutely zilch?
It's funny, really. I was starting to get a little tired of these old arcade games, for various reasons...but now the forces of self-righteousness have crippled yet another fine site out of pure spite, now I HAVE to start downloading games again just to spite 'em back. So at least in this instance, dropping the copyright hammer has done more harm than good.
Ironic? No? Whatever. I'll try the sites recommended. Thanks.
homepage - http://home.hawaii.rr.com/dkwff
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| ONSLAUGHT 1504th Post
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| "Re(1):Hmph..." , posted Thu 28 Feb 00:39
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" I do not and never have given a damn about what constituted "proper" behavior for gamers, computer users, or whatever (yes, still using that Gameshark, hardware errors and all).
say, producing games that don't require a Gameshark..."
MMmmhh... funny, looks like you're angry against videogame companies because they don't produce games with -8 difficulty...
I think videogames are not for you, I mean, using a gameshark might be ok in some cases, like in finding bugs or adding "new" characters to a game. but man, you sound like if you really suck at EVERY videogame...
It's not the fault of the companies that you can't handle the difficulty of a game...
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| Juan 1386th Post
Red Carpet Executive Member
| "Re(1):Hmph..." , posted Thu 28 Feb 00:10
Gameshark...hahaha...
Midway sports games...hahaha..
*eats more "do not eat" candy*
quote:
" I have made it abundantly clear that I do not and never have given a damn about what constituted "proper" behavior for gamers, computer users, or whatever (yes, still using that Gameshark, hardware errors and all).
Given all the things these companies could be doing to protect their profits...say, producing games that don't require a Gameshark...what exactly is the point of denying access to old games, a move that'll save them absolutely zilch?
It's funny, really. I was starting to get a little tired of these old arcade games, for various reasons...but now the forces of self-righteousness have crippled yet another fine site out of pure spite, now I HAVE to start downloading games again just to spite 'em back. So at least in this instance, dropping the copyright hammer has done more harm than good.
Ironic? No? Whatever. I'll try the sites recommended. Thanks.
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http://www.angelfire.com/tx/carniceria
Juan sucks!
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