DoomMaster auctions. LOL

[KennyR]

Success? Making money out of software released by back2roots is not legal.

[pixie]

As far as I can see, DoomMaster isn't selling games, his selling his service.

If people do prefer buying from him, instead of downloading them from Back2roots, because of the hassle of doing it themselves, why the Dell not? It's their money, they do whatever they like with it, even bidding at such high prices...

As long as there are a demand there’s always an offer…

[pixie]

@weirdami:

But as long as it's abandonware as in Back2roots, it can't be pirated software, now can it?

[restore2003]

Waah! I see doommasters.......everywhere....  :crazy:

[mikeymike]

As far as I can see, DoomMaster isn't selling games, his selling his service.

Not taking a stand on what DM is or isn't doing, but I'm sure many software pirates would like to claim immunity using that argument, if it were possible :-)

[restore2003]

He stated in this farewell notes that he was a former pirate

[Ryu]

thanks for the heads up guys, ive contacted ebay and pointed out the terms and conditions of B2R and cinemaware, I'll be keeping an eye on doomy's ebay accounts in future.

[Framiga]

Hi Ryu

. . . and call a doctor for "them" too :-)

Ciao

Note: "them" stay for DM and its clones

[Vallerian]

Well, let's see. The CDTV and the CD32 can boot from CD's. A1200's and A3000/4000's with PPC-boards can boot from CD (the PPC-boards have a CD file system in their FlashROM). Also, other Amigas can be made to boot from CD with some software trickery.

OK, does that include my BlizzPPC603e board ? Because if the answer is yes, than I would really like to know how to make a CD bootable :-). where could I find more info on that subject ?

[PaSha]

OK, does that include my BlizzPPC603e board ? Because if the answer is yes, than I would really like to know how to make a CD bootable :-). where could I find more info on that subject ?[/quote]

Yes, that includes your blizzppc, hold the 'esc' key during powerup, and you will be in the flashrom menu of the blizzppc. There you can set up your CD-ROM drive as bootable (I assume you are using a scsi CD-ROM drive on the blizzppc scsi. I don't know if it will work with other controllers), IIRC there's a CDFS menu for this purpose.
If not, try locating some CD32 emu software (I think there might be something like that in the IDEfix package).

-Paul

[KennyR]

Pixie wrote:
As far as I can see, DoomMaster isn't selling games, his selling his service.

He still can't sell something he doesn't own, service or not. I can't download a Linux distro, burn it and sell it on the street, for instance. It's still illegal.

[mikeymike]

He stated in this farewell notes that he was a former pirate

I don't have any authority or responsibility with regard to ebay.  Furthermore I don't know whether he is doing something illegal on ebay or not, so therefore I don't take a stand on it.

The only thing that concerns me is if he is once again posting on amiga.org when he has been banned, because this time I am far more likely to take drastic action, probably with his ISP.  Only problem there is that he'll probably send me even more abusive and hurtful emails :-)

[mikeymike]

He still can't sell something he doesn't own, service or not. I can't download a Linux distro, burn it and sell it on the street, for instance. It's still illegal.

Yes you can, but you can only charge for your service of burning the CD, ie. a couple of quid.  That's perfectly legal, but under the GPL only.  This doesn't apply for most software.

I've seen a few hardware/software suppliers sell Linux distros for a couple of quid (including P&P).  That's just an example, not the entire justification for what I've said in this post.

[restore2003]

mikeymike wrote:

He stated in this farewell notes that he was a former pirate

I don't have any authority or responsibility with regard to ebay.  Furthermore I don't know whether he is doing something illegal on ebay or not, so therefore I don't take a stand on it.

The only thing that concerns me is if he is once again posting on amiga.org when he has been banned, because this time I am far more likely to take action, probably with his ISP.  Only problem there is that he'll probably send me even more abusive and hurtful emails :-)

Report the abuse to his isp and they will shut his connection down right away  :-)

[mikeymike]

Report the abuse to his isp and they will shut his connection down right away

There are swings and roundabouts with that line of action, and ISPs tend to be reticent about closing down customer accounts.  But I think given the amount of evidence I have now, it's makes the attempt more worthwhile.

[Framiga]

Hi

just for curiosity . . .and if he has a Dynamic IP connection?

Ciao