P-Roc, WMS and legalities.

[Monkeybug]

Interesting thread over on P-Roc that was inevitable. In light of the current batch of home made code adjustments, using a P-Roc, WMS is discussing the legalities of reusing their IP, Sounds, Animations, Rules etc....


http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/forum ... opic=720.0

 

[frolic]

Their stance seems fair: do whatever you want to your own machine just don't sell or distribute Williams IP.

I think the cactus canyon guy is the one who crossed the line and they don't want more of that although it seems like one might be able to negotiate a deal.

 

[REVOLUTION]

It's frustrating that they choose to protect an IP that is 20 years old and virtually dead. I don't see the reasoning behind this. I guess when there's money to be made, no matter how small..

 

[Vengeance]

They were also recently sold, so it could be the new owners wanting to protect what they just bought.

 

[frolic]

Well, companies are forced to defend their IP or else it effectively becomes public domain and they can't do anything about it down the road, say when someone is making a complete replica machine.