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Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

tornaydo — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:57:14 MST

The word you're looking for is purportedly

tornaydo

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

Pisto3 — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:38:57 MST

Like books, is there a statute of limitations on the copyright of a game? I believe it's 100 years for books and music (could be TOTALLY OFF here). Not like I'll even be around for the 100 year anniversary of Pac Man, though.

Pisto3

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

Heliophage — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:26:52 MST

@Heliophage:

Nevahmind, both are there.

Heliophage

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

MeanMF — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:26:42 MST

The word you're looking for in the headline is "purportedly".

MeanMF

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

Heliophage — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:26:02 MST

@deathbunny:

It looks like they include software, though it's Ms. Pac-Man as opposed to its masculine counterpart.

Heliophage

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

Akin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:25:36 MST

Hrm, I'm not sure it the dedicated Pac-man cabinets are legit, but they seem to be selling MAME machines.... with games pre-loaded. Oh god, the idiots. Though I do wish it were possible to just buy legit MAME downloads.

Here's a hint people:
DLing a game yourself: won't get caught, probably won't get sued
Selling a game you DLed: will get caught, possible jail time

Akin

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

deathbunny — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:24:15 MST

oh, nope, here it is;
[www.eagled.com]

deathbunny

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

Heliophage — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:23:31 MST

@jacksinn:

Pleasantly Presented.

This is a bit surprising to me, though. Pac-Man is so historical that emulation of it is often unavoidable. There are plenty of games that are nearly identical to Tetris that manage to avoid similar lawsuits.

Unless, of course, they are intentionally producing a counterfeit Pac-Man and profiting off of its popularity. Even so, how much of a profit could they have turned to seek damages?

Heliophage

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

Killtacular — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:22:56 MST

No sympathy for anyone who sells the "CrystalCade". Ugh.

[www.eagled.com]

Killtacular

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

deathbunny — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:21:06 MST

I think they are referring to this; [www.eagled.com]

which is a pair of their cabinets, holding what is, basically, generic hardware that is, among other things, capable of playing pacman. But, perhaps, the design of the cabinets is close/identical to the original pacman cabinets?

I don't see the part where they're selling pacman directly, though.

deathbunny

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

jacksinn — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:16:36 MST

Parent Property Pushes Pretty Penny Per Pac-Man. Possible Prosecution Pounds Pirate's Pooter.

jacksinn

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

Akin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:15:56 MST

For that last time counterfeit/bootleg =/= piracy!

Was it just the external cabinet being counterfeited, or the hardware/software as well? Whatever, it's still fraud.

And wow, that place is well within driving distance.

Akin

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

Onizuka-GTO — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:15:50 MST

....

okay. just realised it might be deliberate.

doh.

Onizuka-GTO

Pac-Man's Power Pills 'Pparently Pirated

Onizuka-GTO — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:14:16 MST

typo found! Aparently! woohoo! :)

Onizuka-GTO