Amiga Demo Community

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The demos are published by a PD house which was no doubt created out of someone’s  bedroom.

PD houses didn't "publish" demos, they only took demos that were already freely available and sold them for a profit.

My only sad reflection is whether the world would be a better place if that was ‘indeed’ used for creative good with real tangible substance, as celebrated by the simple Amiga PD Demo disk.

You'll be glad to know that demos are still being produced for the Amiga (and most other platforms)

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As to todays demo scene, I guess it has to find an active interest for the works, have some relevance in todays world and find a route out into the world. Very much like the PD Houses. What could be useful is a publisher, possibly.

They didn't have publishers back then, so why would they need them now

'You can write a book, but I doubt you will publish it'

You don't need a publisher when you release something to be distributed for free, just like back in the days. Like I said, the PD houses plain ripped off the demo scene, and very, very few groups actually wanted the PD houses to sell their works.

(edit)A good comparison in modern days could be selling books made entirely out of wikipedia articles (which some companies actually do).

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I also, if I remember correctly, recall Kefrens - famous Danish group - having a fight with a PD House for charging money for one of their demos.. am I correct here?

Well, several groups had messages in their demos stating that the demos may not be sold

Kefrens also had a message in Desert Dream stating that the demo may not be sold for a profit without consent from the group

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I've always loved Amiga demos and my 1200T is mainly used for playing them:) Can anyone recommend 060 specific demos.

Pretty much all AGA-demos made after 1998 could be said to be 060 specific