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I know this is just semantics here but bad for the hobby.. or bad for
business?
For the hobbyist, these boards aren't bad at all.. and if they could work
out issues with copyright holders.. maybe making these multiboards ONLY
operate on freeplay while keeping the cost where it is now (or less if
bigger companies get behind manurfaturing of them) I could imagine them also
being good for business.
guns don't kill people.. people...
to me.. not much difference here...
an operator buys a bootleg board and puts it on his route... makes big money
off it.. that's a problem.
a married guy with 2.5 kids and a house payment wants a machine in his den
that his buddies can come over and play when they're over for football
spends $375 on a multiboard and gets nothing but enjoyment out of it.
doesn't sound like the tyrrany of men to me.
i think if the money hungry would get off their balance sheets and think
about where they could actually make some money on board and parts sales...
they might actually have a reason NOT to bitch about people stealing 20 yr
old game code.
just my opinion.. not a rant against you lloyd.. i'm just saying.. i just
want to play some games damnit.
k.
"Coinopwarehouse" <lloyd@coinopwarehouse.com> wrote in message
news:1119552126.829194.320940@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Please don't think or say that Coinopwarehouse sells anything that is a
> bootleg or illegal copy, because I don't and won't. I think you have
> your names mixed up. The copy boards and the 9 and 39 in ones have
> been extremely bad for this hobby, not to mention that it involves
> theft of intellectual property which I do not condone or approve of.
> Lloyd from www.coinopwarehouse.com
>