Is Eyetech pirating the A1200 Magic Pack software?

[Vincent]

Boy what a lot of speculative ####e this is.

I don't turn up here for a few days cause I'm busy and all this crap happens all over again. :-x

@FarQuad

Here's where the problem comes in. Neither Eyetech, Hyperion, nor Amiga Inc themselves are licensed to distribute the Magic Pack Software (and I am sure they are not licensed to distribute Scala, Wordworth, or Photogenics) from the Amiga 1200 Magic Pack.

Got any proof of this?

Maybe someone should contact Scala, Paul Nolan (Photogenics) and the Wordworth people about the fact that their software is being distributed without their knowledge? I'm sure they'd welcome a new license, or the money from the distribution.

Why don't you ask them this yourself?  How do you know that they haven't given permission?

@Wayne

I don't know if they do or not, but my FIRM bet is against that they don't.

And how do you come to this conclusion?  Eyetech have ALWAYS been above board with every single person I know who has dealt with them.

I've sent e-mails to Scala and Paul Nolan asking for verification.

Let us know if you hear anything.

@Blom

As cgutjahr said, it was Wayne that posted that, I saw it around 3am.  He probably removed it so people don't call him out for personal attacks ;-)

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On an end note, if this was Genesi releasing the Magic Pack for the Pegasos would everybody be jumping on their backs in a thread like this?  I highly doubt it.

[Vincent]

Wayne wrote:

Is that piracy? Hyperion still get their money

It doesn't matter that "Hyperion still get their money".  It's still piracy, because your license will not say you can run it on alternative platforms.

I was thinking the same thing myself there.

But how does this stand under emulation?  It's on an alternative platform.  Would this mean that everyone who has WinUAE running OS3.5/9 are pirates aswell?  Even though they have bought the OS themselves?

This is a very grey area sometimes.