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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2013, 04:25:09 PM »
 

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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2013, 04:58:20 PM »
I have a hard time believing McBill actually has the rights to sell any of these games.

I wonder how long before/if the real rights holders kick up a stink about this?
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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2013, 05:08:16 PM »
Keep in mind there's nothing exclusive going on here. Emulated classic Amiga games won't be saving Windows Phone 8 from certain doom and death. With less than 3-4% marketshare it may soon share the same fate as the Zune. These emulated games are already on Blackberry and also coming soon to iOS and Android.
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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2013, 07:32:12 PM »
This guy has been selling wind for the past years and he claims to be a stock trader.

Its probably his last attempt at making a few dollars before crawling back into his lair. :)
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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2013, 07:43:16 PM »
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This guy has been selling wind for the past years and he claims to be a stock trader.

Its probably his last attempt at making a few dollars before crawling back into his lair. :)


I thought he was a truck driver.
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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2013, 04:00:11 AM »
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I have a hard time believing McBill actually has the rights to sell any of these games.

I wonder how long before/if the real rights holders kick up a stink about this?


I thought it would have happened with the last bit of news about this Amiga Games Inc., but, to my astonishment, nothing so far. Or nothing visible to the public, at least.

Problem is, and what Amiga Games Inc. is taking advantage of, is that they can keep doing what they're doing until someone tells them to stop. And I suspect that the actual rights holders to these games either don't know this is happening or don't have the resources (or interest) to mount a legal challenge.
 

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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2013, 06:06:15 AM »
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This guy has been selling wind for the past years and he claims to be a stock trader.

Its probably his last attempt at making a few dollars before crawling back into his lair. :)

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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2013, 11:00:07 AM »
Unless they've gone around and bought up the rights to these titles, their names and IP, then this cannot be legal.

Just because a game was released on the Amiga doesn't make it the property of Commodore or of any company that subsequently bought the name or various rights to the "Amiga" ... whatever that means given all of the possible rights and licences involved.

It would be like releasing a game on Android and then Google owning the IP!

Many companies will have just folded and disappeared, some rights owners will have passed away thus making tracing who really owns things quite tricky in some cases. Mostly though old games companies get their IP purchased when they go under. Look at THQ and the sale of it's "assets". So in many cases these IPs are going to be owned by much larger corporations, they just might not have realised it yet.
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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2013, 11:09:00 AM »
@AJCopland

In addition, there's more chance of profit in suing a company that has already made money out of your IP than there is in suing a company in advance of them doing it.
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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2013, 11:23:30 AM »
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Looks like Microsoft have confirmed they will be bringing shed loads of titles to the windows phone and windows 8 via Amiga Games Inc (who the are they? Mcbill?)


Link to article

http://www.ghacks.net/2013/08/21/amiga-and-gameloft-games-coming-to-windows-phone-and-windows-8/

Press Release

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/amiga-games-inc-newly-acquired-company-writers-group-film-corp-announces-classic-game-otcqb-writ-1822066.htm

Amiga Games Inc sites

http://amigagamesinc.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amiga-Games-Inc/622678421089582

https://twitter.com/AmigaGamesInc


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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2013, 12:23:48 PM »
I assume they are using UAE to emulate these games and will be violating the GPL in some way too.
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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2013, 01:25:56 PM »
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I assume they are using UAE to emulate these games and will be violating the GPL in some way too.



Much more of the history since July 8 is here:

Term Sheet for New Acquisition of Amiga Games Inc.

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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2013, 02:29:07 PM »
I think the only agreement they have is the same agreement every developer has when they apply to submit titles to the Microsoft store. Making news from nothing? I found no Microsoft press release. But I didn't look too hard.
"We're thrilled that Amiga Games is bringing beloved classic game titles to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 starting this holiday season," said John Richards, senior director of Windows App Marketing for Microsoft Corp" is the only comment from Microsoft. Nothing about being please about entering into an agreement.
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Re: Microsoft and Amiga Games Inc press release
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2013, 02:49:40 PM »
Interesting...

"Microsoft will co-market the release of the gaming titles via  Windows.com and Windows Store promotions, Windows social marketing, and  Surface Store Picks."--from the press release