Originally posted by jim993@July 11 2002,16:05



i wonder if its because companies that made dreamcast games are still bringing in some revenue from the selling of dreamcast games(i don't know if campcom and all the other companies are still selling dreamcast games off of their site i remember campcom dropped all their dreamcast games to 19.99). here's my thinking(note i never owned a ss and never will and will probably never play a ss game in my life) in the us and canada new games for the saturn stopped being sold a long time ago, now the revenue that a company actually got(i'm talking the makers of the game) stopped coming in for most of those games years ago(note the word most since there are lines of games that are still around so on a technicality they still make money off the games eg. resident evil). now sure there may be many stores that sell brand new fresh in the package never been touched non broken in cherry in tack virgin copies of barkleys shut up and jam(insert a ss game) the makers of barkleys shut up and jam do not make any money off of it. hell i could have bought a stack of some lame ass saturn game for 5 dollars a piece when nobody wanted them off of a store then sold them for 10 dollars a piece and that sale didn't affect the makers of that game at all. (this is the point that i realize i'm damn tired and i brake into a long meaning less ramble that goes nowhere and people that read this already understand my point and will probably reiterate what i've said in a more understandable manner). wooooowhoooo i just bought a 100 dollar version of shinning force 3 wooowhoooooo sega doesn't give a shit that i spent 100 dollars on that game since they already made their money off of it when they sold it to what ever store carried it. see what i'm getting at that's my theory but it's a convaluted theory that's filled with ramblings.



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			Originally posted by SkankinMonkey@July 11 2002,16:24



I hate to tell you this, but to my knowledge, every electronic videogame that was patented/copyrighted is still copyrighted. Micky Mouse made sure of this for them. 



As for companies going after people, it usually depends on how widespread it is. Nintendo went after people because of the rampant piracy. Sega's newer consoles haven't been as popular and are cd based, meaning that the piracy is rather low-key for them. Existant, but not busting at the seems.
		
		

	

	
	

		
		

			For the most part, your copyrighted work is protected for your lifetime plus 50 years. That's the general rule for work created on or after January 1, 1978.



Works created before January 1, 1978, are subject to different rules. If the owner of one of those older copyrights does everything right, the total length of copyright protection is 75 years from the date the copyright was obtained.



If the work is anonymous or pseudonymous, or was done as work made for hire, the protection lasts for a total of 75 years from its first publication, or 100 years from its creation, whichever is shorter. The exception: If an anonymous or pseudonymous author's identity is revealed during the term of the copyright, the term changes to the life of the author plus 50 years.



When the term of protection expires, the work goes into the public domain, which simply means copyright protection no longer applies, and no one needs permission, or must pay anything, for the right to use the work. An excellent source of safe, public-domain artwork can be found in books published by Dover books.
		
		

	

	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by SkankinMonkey@July 10 2002,19:30



God, that is extremely overpriced. 40$ max for that game, if even. Buy it on ebay, it's probably cheaper.
		
		

	

	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by DBOY@July 11 2002,01:31



Pillaged from Copyrights and wrongs...




 
 
	
	

		
		

			For the most part, your copyrighted work is protected for your lifetime plus 50 years. That's the general rule for work created on or after January 1, 1978.



Works created before January 1, 1978, are subject to different rules. If the owner of one of those older copyrights does everything right, the total length of copyright protection is 75 years from the date the copyright was obtained.



If the work is anonymous or pseudonymous, or was done as work made for hire, the protection lasts for a total of 75 years from its first publication, or 100 years from its creation, whichever is shorter. The exception: If an anonymous or pseudonymous author's identity is revealed during the term of the copyright, the term changes to the life of the author plus 50 years.



When the term of protection expires, the work goes into the public domain, which simply means copyright protection no longer applies, and no one needs permission, or must pay anything, for the right to use the work. An excellent source of safe, public-domain artwork can be found in books published by Dover books.
		
		

	


		
		

	

	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Ratamahatta@July 11 2002,08:34



I know this is a little late in posting, but I agree, the FTPA forum was rather a waste more than anything. Just gave people the "right" to distribute their warez from their private ftp's. Glad to see that there are a' changes going on throughout the site. Gives it a new breath I'd say.
		
		

	

	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by RevQuixo@July 11 2002,21:39



7. Finally, and not to sound power mad, because I say so. If I was suddenly to change this site to Sega Pico only, well that'd be my perogative seeing as I am in charge of the direction of things. That being the case no Dreamcast.