I agree with the SCO analogy. Along with the copyright business, Tulip is trying to turn the general purpose Commodore 64 into a special purpose computer. In the case of special pupose computers (in the United States at least), the hardware manufacturer can charge a licensing fee and claim royalties for all software relased for their platform. Scary business. It stems from Nintendo suing Tengen over Tetris back in the 80's. Nintendo won. While I'd love to see the Commodore brand stay alive, I don't think scare tactics and twisted legal logic are the best way to do it.
In an ironic twist, it looks like Tulip's anti-piracy logo is an illegal derivative work of a logo trademarked by Microsoft Corporation. Oops!
