19 replies to this topic

[bigbeef161]

to all those who put all their efforts in to there layouts, to see some nobheads selling them off making money from your work.

how do you feel about that?

[Jimmy_mac]

surprised you havent seen the discussion on this previously, whilst its generally discouraged and many pretty much detest people like this theres very little that can be done about it.

The individual sales can be reported and possibly removed but often return very shortly after.

Plenty of new members appear having bought one of these DVD's so its not all bad.

Its not good but its also not a lot can be done about it

[mangolio]

I saw a thread at fruit forums about a member there that was selling them. Although he was pretty disliked as Jimmy said there wasnt much they could do. On his listings he states he has created all the work on the discs ( a total lie) but that allows him to list it without removal as he has infringed no other work. Also ebay policies state it is ok to sell items like that if the material is available in the public domain, which unfortunatelly it is. He must have made a fair bit from them aswell as he is a powerseller.

[Zoltar]

surprised you havent seen the discussion on this previously, whilst its generally discouraged and many pretty much detest people like this theres very little that can be done about it.

The individual sales can be reported and possibly removed but often return very shortly after.

Plenty of new members appear having bought one of these DVD's so its not all bad.

Its not good but its also not a lot can be done about it

If he's selling MFMEv9.4 within his package, maybe he could be 'done' for selling stolen goods.

[Jimmy_mac]

oooh controversial

[DildoDez]

First of all you'd need to prove it was 'stolen'

[ady]

Guy's we arn't going down this road.............

All the debate can be found at FF. Really don't want it here please.

[bigbeef161]

sorry my fault didnt realise this debate had been goin on b4

[ady]

sorry my fault didnt realise this debate had been goin on b4

No No bb it wasn't your thread (though this has been debated at Jim said), your post was harmless buddy.

My reply was to......well we know mate...

[todd1970]

to all those who put all their efforts in to there layouts, to see some nobheads selling them off making money from your work.

how do you feel about that?

In saying that my younger brother just bought one off ebay a couple of weeks ago (Yeah I know...Ive already kicked him in the balls) but he said he couldnt be arsed downloading them all individually.

However it came with a letter saying..I am in no way taking any credit for the layout designers hard work that has went into making these fruitys..The £5 you pay me is to cover costs for the 2 DVD's postage and packing and I make about £2 for every one sold..or words to that effect..which is fair play I suppose.

[nails]

hate to say it, but i contacted one particular member and told him that sellnig my work for 1p was an insult, but he refused to budge.

so i got a mate to buy a disk from him and got his address. suddenly his disks dissapeared.

funny that

[edwardb]

Can I just turn this around?

How would the creators of MFME etc feel if a manufacturer decided to release MFME with tons of their old games? They own the rights to the software, hardware, so I reckon they can make a few quid there.

Re-write it to be server-based and hey presto, a recurring revenue stream for almost no work :-)

If the authors of MFME don't like it...then sue the manufacturer ;-)

I am joking, of course.

[Dr DX]

i dont think the manufacturers own the rights to the software (correct me if im wrong) simply because they never made the software.

[ady]

What really got my goat is I had a message from a buyer and was told my releases ruined the discs value

[Dr DX]

pmsl lol mine would ruin it more than yours, yours are fantastic

[nails]

What really got my goat is I had a message from a buyer and was told my releases ruined the discs value

what a cheek!

[CrAzYbAr]

Let's make him start a DX from blank with no help and EPOCH ROMs to crack!

[todd1970]

What really got my goat is I had a message from a buyer and was told my releases ruined the discs value

Yeah Ady..the letter my bro got with his disc apologised for having your layouts on it..Cant say fairer than that

[mocochoco]

i dont think the manufacturers own the rights to the software (correct me if im wrong) simply because they never made the software.

I think he means the roms.

[ady]

Yeah Ady..the letter my bro got with his disc apologised for having your layouts on it..Cant say fairer than that

lol........the only layout that I ever did that was worth remembering Cloud was 20+ pints of San Miguel...I was well laid out flat!