7800geek Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 A long time ago in my effort (which by the way failed) to get a copy of the very first Atarian magazine (the one with atari's superhero on the cover) without selling my car to raise enough for the asking price. I had this idea, and I truely want your opion and speak the truth if it's a dumb one. To run Atarian and classic gaming mags through my scanner and place those images on a cd for sale at $7.50 each including postage. Keeping in mind nothing has been done, or let alone I have found partners with vast collection of classic gaming mags for this sceam. Is this a good idea or a bad one? The plus side as I see it, is that more people will be able to see is up to now only in the hands of collectors such as my self The minus side...well you tell me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy-sixer Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 I wonder if there would be any legal ramifications? I'm not certain. It's just something to think about. There always seems to be SOME legal problem attached to any good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 I'd just scan it and put em up on a website for anyone who's interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 Is it just me or is pretty much every post from 7800geek about one form of piracy or another ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 Its good if you have COPYRIGHT laws towards some of the mags!! If you dont watch out for the Internet POLICE!! (j/k) But Now and Days who cares about copyright laws on an old AD for a console wich is non exsitant!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 Is it just me or is pretty much every post from 7800geek about one form of piracy or another ? HAHAHA,first ROMs and now this?I guess you are right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somePUNK Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 CPUWIZ seems like your right. Dude look into some laws befor saying things like this or asking for some roms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 I scan mags and post them all the time.. heck here's one for y'all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 Oh, I better send you some money then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 Two stars for E.T.? That's being generous. *reads further* Nine future E.T. games? I am not going to be able to sleep tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 ah man, I'm going to ask for a refund of that 1-star Coconuts game I picked up today at a thrift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 A long time ago in my effort (which by the way failed) to get a copyof the very first Atarian magazine (the one with atari's superhero on the cover) without selling my car to raise enough for the asking price. I had this idea, and I truely want your opion and speak the truth if it's a dumb one. To run Atarian and classic gaming mags through my scanner and place those images on a cd for sale at $7.50 each including postage. Keeping in mind nothing has been done, or let alone I have found partners with vast collection of classic gaming mags for this sceam. Is this a good idea or a bad one? The plus side as I see it, is that more people will be able to see is up to now only in the hands of collectors such as my self The minus side...well you tell me. If you are referring to the AtariAge magazine, they're already all on the web. (forget where.) Most magazines are still owned by their original publisher. I doubt they would like someone making money off of their work. On the other hand, some publishers have allowed some people to post there magazines on the web such as www.atarimagazines.com. Kevin Savetz, the owner of the site, has got permission from the original publishers of Compute, Compute's Gazette, Creative Computing, Antic, Start, and others. The people who published these magazines are still on the web and if somebody else started posting their magazines without their permission they might get a little angry. I think they would be even more angry if someone was making money from it, as small as it was. If you really want to do this just for the classic video game community, a better way would be to get permission from a publisher like Electronic Games, or some other magazine, and start your own site. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 Two stars for E.T.? That's being generous. *reads further* Nine future E.T. games? I am not going to be able to sleep tonight. Hey, cool! A 5200 E.T. game? I never saw that before. Alright, ET is not what you call a great game but any decent game on the 5200 is cool. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratwurst Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 I have the 8-bit Atari ET Phone Home game, and that sucker is fun. Much better than the 2600 counterpart. Well, I remember it being pretty fun, anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 Two stars for E.T.? That's being generous. *reads further* Nine future E.T. games? I am not going to be able to sleep tonight. I think someone at Atari was reading this magazine and understand something like "nine E.T. game carts for each player". So it explain the five millions of buried carts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 heh are you guys even reading the article.. I see nothing about "nine" E.T. games.. but I do see a "plan - NING" E.T. games. I know the scan sucks, but come on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 heh are you guys even reading the article.. I see nothing about "nine" E.T. games.. but I do see a "plan - NING" E.T. games. I know the scan sucks, but come on! You're right, but I WANNA to write it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted December 16, 2002 Share Posted December 16, 2002 heh are you guys even reading the article.. I see nothing about "nine" E.T. games.. but I do see a "plan - NING" E.T. games. I know the scan sucks, but come on! Yea,I was just about to say that.Crazy people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Protocol Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 et.. grrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 heh are you guys even reading the article.. I see nothing about "nine" E.T. games.. but I do see a "plan - NING" E.T. games. I know the scan sucks, but come on! I guess in the memory banks of my mind I have Plan Nine and E.T. right next to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I think the copyright/money issue would mostly come in regarding what you are charging for exactly. If you are charging basied even just .00001% on content, then it is most certainly a copyright violation. However, if you are charging only for lets say, storage media and for work in volved in burning, then you "MAY" be able to tap dance around the law a little bit. As in that case, you're just charging for your time and materials, not the physical content. But, I'm not a lawyer, so don't take my word for it, get in trouble, then try to sue me or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Its good if you have COPYRIGHT laws towards some of the mags!! If you dont watch out for the Internet POLICE!! (j/k) You have the right to remain silent, you have the right to an attorney present during questioning....yada yada yada You know the drill....hands behind your head please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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