KiwiArcader

It wasn't a dig at you .... just trying to encourage him to send the stuff we don't have to someone who can scan it for the cause. And E-Day offered and is a scanner demon. And doesn't live down near Antarctica like me. That's all ....

I'd talk to E-Day if I were you as he is a scanner extraordinnaire and will ensure they get scanned and put up here for everyone to enjoy. You'll get the credit for providing the magazine as well ....

Ahh dang!!!!! I'd take them in an instant .... even though I have another 1000 mags here already that needing scanning ... but the postage costs to the bottom of the world where I am living would be an absolute killer. Sigh!!!!!

She's so special that she truly deserves a prezzie .... Have a "Rainbow" on me Areala

Can I put a vote in for Atari ST User magazine?

I had a lot of Dreamcast magazines but sold them when I got rid of my Dreamcast ... that was a long time before I found this site. Which is damned annoying as I have an A3 scanner which makes it easy to scan those bigger than A4 magazines. Sigh!!!!!

Almost guaranteed he didn't scan them. Mort is the guy who makes mags available on ZZap64 Zuperstore I think ... correct me if I am wrong Phillyman. That remark about contacting Mort was primarily directed towards Phillyman as Mort has been uploading cover scans here and said we can use his mag scans but I need a list of the stuff he has made available via PDF's so I know what is his and what isn't etc.

I have downloaded complete sets of just about every Commodore magazine released in PDF format ... CU Amiga, Commodore Power-Play, Commodore Disc User, Commodore Format .... the list goes on ... The problem is I don't know who scanned them. I think Mort scanned the Disc User mags and a lot of other mags as well ... but without the okay from the scanner I cannot make them available here. If you can confirm what mags have been scanned by Mort and if he is okay hosting them here it's simply a case of me uploading them along with converting them to CBR. Some of his early scans do need some cropping/color work done though ... So there's a job for someone .... get hold of Mort and work out what he has scanned and whether we can use them. I have all his Mega mags as well for instance if you want to see them here. I have too much on my plate at present scanning or uploading new stuff so need someone else to go bat for us on this ...

Well ... kiddie porners should be taken out to a forest somewhere, copper spinnered and then dropped into a deep pit IMHO. However, while Governments have the best intentions when they first come up with these schemes, they usually morph into an altogether different beast from what the original intent was in the first place. Then a different party is in power and they decide they want changes and it morphs again. Then an event occurs ... 9/11 for example ... and all of a sudden someone's collecting everything and looking for any little thing that they think indicates you are a threat to society. And they wrap it up in so many layers there's no way the public has any ability to determine accountability or have any say in what is being collected. Where does it stop? Genetics? Will we get to the point as seen in Gattaca where genes determine your place in society? Time will tell I guess....

SNES ROMS ... Alien 3 or Super Mario World ... yeehaaa!!!! Hey ... don't get me wrong here. I ain't no saint by any stretch .... But you either run with the principle that of theft of works is a crime or you don't. In this particular case you can't have it both ways ... all works are protected unless their copyright has expired when they then become public domain or have been allowed by the owner ... or you don't hold to that principle. In a court of law the defense that the Nintendo Power Phillyman uploaded should be okay because it is over 10 years old will get shot down in the first few sentences, those being .... "Does the magazine in question have a copyright disclaimer?" "Yes it does" "Are you the owner of said copyright?" "Er ... well ... but it is really old and no-one is making money off it your honor" "I'll repeat the question again for you in case you misheard me ... Are you the owner of said copyright?" "No your honor" "Court finds in favour of the publisher. How many zeroes do you want on the damages amount Mr Publisher?" While this is an unlikely scenario for older works the simple reality is that whether you scan a 12 year old magazine or rip a Wii game both are a crime and the law doesn't look at them any differently. I heard the argument that the publisher had gone out of business so those mags must be fine to scan. What the person didn't take into account was that usually someone else buys the rights to their IP when they go out of business. Just because the original publisher has gone doesn't mean the new owner isn't at some point going to look to recoup on their investment in the IP that they purchased. It simply boils down to whether the copyright owner see's any benefit to pursuing a case vs the potential costs to do so. If the owners of EGM or Nintendo Power were to come to Phillyman and say remove them or face a lawsuit who is backing Phillyman on this one? I don't think Phillyman would back our 10 year old age excuse to win in a court of law ... I sure wouldn't. Off to play a game on MAME .... the greatest single piece of software ever written. Who wants to play console arcade games when you can play the real arcade versions

And that's the way it should be ... do the crime ... do the time. Or whatever. A satellite descrambler has no purpose other than viewing protected content and the DMCA covers that adequately as witnessed by successful litigation against the manufacturers of those devices. A device created to allow Homebrew software to be created on a console etc in and of itself isn't the issue. You could argue that it encourages people to create software for a device without paying the exorbitant costs the companies often charge for the privilege of writing content for their device. You could also make a case ... and it was done successfully in Australia a while ago ... that a modchip allows someone to buy legal software while on holiday and be able to use it on a device regardless of region. That's one reason why DVD players come region free out of the box in Australia and New Zealand nowadays. Unfortunately, the side effect of protecting what should be basic consumer rights has also opened the devices up to using pirated content. At the end of the day it becomes personal choice on whether you walk that path or not. And yeah ... a person who decries someone from downloading a ROM as being a pirate yet is happy enough grabbing a scanned magazine from this site is no better than the person he attacks. He's worse in fact .... he's a hypocrite.

Sure but I was just trying to highlight the stupidity of this type of lawsuit using something other than piracy given people have tried those too ... and lost ... This sort of thing is a highly emotive issue for some people. Often you find someone taking the moral high road on an issue like this yet they will happily download a copy of Nintendo Power. Both are a crime but it all comes down to personal perspectives. Even the Mega Corporations are not clean ... Sony's recent fubar where they caught were using pirated software is an example. Jake's comment that emulation is damaging the industry is wrong. Without emulation you wouldn't be playing your PSX games on your PS2 or PS3. Or playing Mario 64 on your Wii. Emulation is just an engine for the use of non-native content on a different device. Pirating of the content itself is where the damage is occuring.

Well ... this is actually setting a very bad precedent indeed. It's a little bit like taking Colt to court because someone used their .45 Hi-Power pistol to shoot someone. Hang on a minute, why not sue a fishing tackle manufacturer because someone caught an undersized fish while we're at it. I would have thought that at the end of the day it is the person actually commiting the crime that should pay. A recent court case in Australia said just that ...that an ISP was not responsible for the actions of its users in regards to piracy. Now we have exactly the opposite in this case ... and it should set alarm bells ringing due to the double standards being applied in the court system over there. While I feel for companies like Nintendo and appreciate they need to try and protect their IP I have to say that they are going after the wrong targets here. I guess they look at it like" If we stop the devices getting to market it'll stop piracy". Wrong ... those people wanting to obtain such devices will always find a way. But while this particular attack may have been much more succesful 10 years ago the internet has made a resolution as simple as "click here to buy" followed by a few day wait for the package to arrive.

And while I agree the changes are indeed good I have the sneaking suspicion that it won't actually do much to change the situation with regard to submissions here. I hate to say it but most people are more than happy to expend the minimal effort required to download files but the effort involved in scanning a 100-200 page magazine is an altogether different kettle of fish and most simply wont go there. In fact, my majour concern would now be people disregarding our rules and simply uploading other peoples work without the permission of the original scanner. The last thing we need is having to determine where the scan came from and also whether it is sub-standard or not. Still .... if a few more people do get involved and contribute it may help reduce the burn out levels felt around here lately what with getting everything up and running again etc while at the same time trying to scan and make new content available ...

Totally understandable ... was just making a comment given the issue's I've had getting content shifted around recently. So thought I'd do it myself to save annoying you & E-Day only to hit brick walls. Most people probably wouldn't hit them or even see them .... I'm special I guess ... LOL

Hmm ... with the current system is seems like Teamies can do some things, admins can do others but not some that Teamies can do which makes it messy as it requires multiple people to combine to get the job done. It seems we need another type of user .... a TeamAdmin dude .... like a Predalien ... LOL ...

How about the ability for Team Members or Super Teamies to move images from their personal gallery over to a magazine gallery? Take the STart magazine as an example. I created images in my personal gallery until the STart section was eventually created & now they need to be shifted over there. But I have no ability to do so which is a pain in the ass. And what about the ability to delete images or directories in our personal gallery area?

Oh man ... a Banjo Kazooie issue ... I love that game ... many thanks for another cool submission

Hiya Waremonger .... we'd been wondering where you had disappeared to. Lots of changes since you were here last for sure what with Hosting issues ... member issues ... site issues ... wife issues ... LOL Anyways ... Glad to see you back.