[Coco] Copyrighted ROM's

[Zippster]

Just put your whole package on there if Guillaume doesn’t mind.
Similar to the prepared SDC image that’s there for disk images.

- Ed


> On Nov 14, 2018, at 12:37 PM, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Your idea is very good but the technique used to create virtual. Dsk images is irksome to many. I think people would find it easier to flash the cart using a pre-populated disk image.
> I have already gone through the tedious process of converting the archive available. Ccc files.   They needed to be converted to flashable binarys before they can be used on the cocoflash
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry
>  Original Message
> From: Zippster
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 12:54 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Copyrighted ROM's
> 
> 
> Perhaps you could also just upload your installer package to the archive and tell people it’s there?
> 
> The ROMs are already there, so…
> 
> - Ed
> 
> 
>> On Nov 14, 2018, at 11:36 AM, RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 11/14/2018 6:43 AM, rietveld rietveld wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> I have almost finished my program that will Mass Flash the cocoflash pak
>>> 
>>> My dilemma is how to provide this to cocoflash owners since the ROM PAK games are technically copyrighted
>>> 
>>> I was thinking of including a disclaimer that says that 'the user of these backup ROM'S is doing so with the understanding that he/she already owns a purchased commercial copy of said ROM PAK
>>> 
>>> What do you think?
>>> 
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry
>>> 
>> In the eyes of the law, you are still distributing copyrighted material, no matter the intended recipient's usage.
>> 
>> If I wanted to provide this, I would create a Windows cmd script and a unix/MacOS version that essentially downloads all the roms from the various sites and concatenates them together.  That way, you've provided the way to organize the roms, without actually providing them.
>> 
>> There is no law against that.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
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