selling mame roms on a dvd on cl please help flag

I must have been confused on the subject.

This guy doesn't have a problem with the thousands upon thousands of 60-1 and 19-1 boards that have been bought and sold here that contain Mame ROMs? I guess the answer is obvious as he has bought a couple of them.

But he does have a problem when someone puts them on a CD and sells the same thing.

Pot...kettle...black...
 
I think his problem was that the guy was charging for what can be downloaded online for free, not that roms were being passed around.

There have been "burning services" online for years, I guess for those unwilling to spend the time downloading themselves. I don't see the big deal.
 
It is what it is....

I have several multi boards myself as well as a couple of MAME cabinets. And the multi boards all contain ROMS that are, well you know...

But I'm not going to be hypocritical and report someone or flag a post when in a sense I did the same thing.

This thread is one of the many reasons my sig says what it does.....
 
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Damn, already flagged and removed. How much were they? I've somehow lost my disc #2, and could use another:D.

Edward
 
There have been "burning services" online for years, I guess for those unwilling to spend the time downloading themselves. I don't see the big deal.
Ill agree there in most cases, although it is annoying when i see open source projects (openoffice, even firefox once) for sale, thats a little different :)

My comment was mainly intended to try and see it from his point of view.
 
I must have been confused on the subject.

This guy doesn't have a problem with the thousands upon thousands of 60-1 and 19-1 boards that have been bought and sold here that contain Mame ROMs? I guess the answer is obvious as he has bought a couple of them.

But he does have a problem when someone puts them on a CD and sells the same thing.

Pot...kettle...black...

they dont give out pcbs for free...mame roms are...
do u want to pay for free roms??????

mainly for a pcb your paying for the production...mame roms are torrented and given out freely to the world...thats the problem..
 
It is what it is....

I have several multi boards myself as well as a couple of MAME cabinets. And the multi boards all contain ROMS that are, well you know...

But I'm not going to be hypocritical and report someone or flag a post when in a sense I did the same thing.

This thread is one of the many reasons my sig says what it does.....

being a hypocrite would be for me to sell mame roms and then report them..
i do not sell mame roms...
so ur saying its ok for someone to sell mame roms to others that dont have a clue yet???
they are free
hey bro u need disc 2...ill send u 1 for a few stamps...

didnt know how id end up being a dick on stopping others on preying on others newbness...
its just wrong...
 
being a hypocrite would be for me to sell mame roms and then report them..
i do not sell mame roms...
so ur saying its ok for someone to sell mame roms to others that dont have a clue yet???
they are free
hey bro u need disc 2...ill send u 1 for a few stamps...

didnt know how id end up being a dick on stopping others on preying on others newbness...
its just wrong...

Honestly, I was just ball-busting....I don't think you're a dick:).
I didn't see the add, so I don't know of it's content or wording......but my take on the subject is this........If the seller was selling the discs at a reasonable price, I see no problem. The blank DVDs have an associated cost, it take time to burn them, and then there's the time and (sometimes) hassle of downloading all the ROMs. Some people don't mind paying for a convenience.

Now, if the guy was asking....say $100....yeah, that's a little steep.
What's an acceptable price....well, that could turn this into another (and different) shit storm:D.

Edward

EDIT: and thanks for the offer to burn me a copy of my lost disc. I've got a couple local friends with copies, I just keep forgetting to pick up a dub from them.
 
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