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perry_m

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In Topic: Atari legal actions against emulators continue

Mon Jan 9, 2012 4:56 PM

On December 22, 2011 the site emulator-zone.com removed all Atari emulators due to a legal threat:
http://forums.emulat...ead.php?t=18880

In Topic: I´ve got email from ATARI today...

Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:48 PM

Now Atari is threatening a game called "PongVaders", probably for their "Pong" trademark. But the author made a game mocking Atari's lawyers:

http://www.auntiepixelante.com/simlaw/

There's a video of the PongVaders game here:
http://tinyurl.com/4xlnszp

In Topic: I´ve got email from ATARI today...

Tue Sep 6, 2011 10:22 AM

Here is some historical information about Atari emulators and OS ROMs from ST-Log Magazine:

http://www.atarimaga...BASE_DELPHI.php

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To make a long story short, after a struggle, Atari allowed Darek to use their 8-bit operating-system code in the Xformer, provided he put the program into the public domain for others to see and possibly improve on. His initial effort appeared in the September 1987 issue of ST-Log.

I assume that the OS ROM code was published along with the emulator on the magazine disk. That would not have been possible without permission from Atari. The meaning of "public domain" in the above sentence is unclear to me.

In Topic: I´ve got email from ATARI today...

Fri Sep 2, 2011 8:41 AM

Atari is now targeting Dreamcast emulators:
http://www.dcemulati...p?f=35&t=101370

This one is interesting:
1. It specifically targets Dreamcast, not Android, so it's not a platform Atari itself is developing for.
2. All targets are emulators.
3. Copyright, not trademark violation is claimed for Emulators. This includes the 2600 which has no BIOS.
4. The date is August 30, so any intercessions on the part of forum members have clearly been ineffective.

In Topic: I´ve got email from ATARI today...

Thu Sep 1, 2011 5:54 PM

The site is a .uk domain and is subject to UK law.
If Atari wants to pursue him they can use Nominet UK's DRS:
http://www.nominet.o...?contentId=5239

Quoting US laws not applicable in the UK, such as the Lanham Act, seems to me to be quite arrogant on the part of Atari.

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