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ILLusions0fGrander

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U.S. Copyright Office issues new abandonware rights
« on: November 23, 2006, 10:09:00 PM »
BAD ASS.

ill take a step towards our freedom anytime.

on the backside.. genesis, TG16, nes, and snes will now be off limits thanks to the almighty wii.
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Rustmonkey

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« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2006, 10:40:00 PM »
QUOTE(ILLusions0fGrander @ Nov 23 2006, 10:16 PM) View Post

BAD ASS.

ill take a step towards our freedom anytime.

on the backside.. genesis, TG16, nes, and snes will now be off limits thanks to the almighty wii.



Yes, but only the ones they allow you to download smile.gif
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ILLusions0fGrander

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« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2006, 10:57:00 PM »
QUOTE(Rustmonkey @ Nov 24 2006, 12:47 AM) View Post

Yes, but only the ones they allow you to download smile.gif


true, which is not very many at this point, and the prices are kind of extreme in my opinion.
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xboxSlayer

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« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2006, 11:59:00 PM »
Wow, interesting news, I know I'm getting older and I enjoy playing alot of the older games.
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kics

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« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2006, 12:39:00 AM »
so this means that XDK is abandonware ??? M$ is no longer producing xbxs and not so many companies are making another xbox game... so it is legal to hack a xbx ???
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Piska

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« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2006, 01:06:00 AM »
QUOTE(kics @ Nov 24 2006, 08:46 AM) View Post

so this means that XDK is abandonware ??? M$ is no longer producing xbxs and not so many companies are making another xbox game... so it is legal to hack a xbx ???

"abandonware remains covered under copyright law until its copyright term expires."
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Andrew_Roy

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« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2006, 01:45:00 AM »
Maybe I'm just not law suavy enough but hasn't this been the case for a while? Isn't this the way it's been covered in the DMCA?
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dre74

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« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2006, 08:20:00 AM »
This really doesn't mean much as previous posted Nintendo won't abandon any of their software but I guess its good for mame roms and fba roms.
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throwingks

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« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2006, 08:42:00 AM »
Good, and it should be like this for music and movies as well.
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MarkRobbins

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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2006, 09:33:00 AM »
They're always giving us laws but never giving us freedom yet they call this the land of the free.  I don't get it.
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