From: greg%tcscs@idss.nwa.com (Gregory Youngblood)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Nintendo to Apologize, sez PCBoard
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 19:24:41 CST
Reply-To: srcsip!tcscs!greg
Organization: TCS Consulting Services

paul@hsh.com writes:

> The following messages were posted on Salt Air BBS, which is the support boar
> for Clark Development Co (PCBoard):
> 
> Our attorney has reached an agreement with Arter & Hadden concerning
> the recet press release which you have received.  Before passing
> along their comments, I want to clarify a number of points:
>  
>    4.  We, like you, fully support the efforts of all individuals and
>        organizations to put an end to software piracy.  However, in
>        this instance, we feel that the actions taken by Arter & Hadden
>        were not in the best interests of either you our customers or
>        the industry as a whole.  As a result, Arter & Hadden has
>        issued the following statement, a copy of which will be mailed
>        to you by Arter & Hadden within the next few ys:
>  
> **********************************************************************
>      Statement of Clarification from Arter & Hadden - 11/10/92
> **********************************************************************
>  
> who support the ethical use of software.  Unless you have questions
> about the action taken against the APL BBS, however, please do not
> call Clark Development, Nintendo or Nintendo's attorneys.
>  

First, I am not a PCBoard sysop, so I did not get this little flier.  If
I had, I would have been quit upset about it, especially after this little 
article.  From what I read when I skimmed the oringal posted, they did this
as a scare tactic to sysops.  I'd have called the attorneys who did this and 
let them how upset I am by their unprovoked scare tactics.

I'm still tempted to do it anyway.

Obviously they don't want to be bothered so they threw that little bit
in about 'please do not call ...'.  Nintendo and Nintendo's attorneys
needs to learn they can't resort to scare tactics like this and then sidestep 
responsibility for their actions.

I'm not saying anyone should do this, but I'm very tempted to let Nintendo AND
Nintendo's attorneys know my feelings about their tirade, and what I feel
were unethical means used to obtain a mailing list of sysops (see previous
message about Clark's resonse) and to send them "Press Releases" (at what
expense I wonder?) wihch were nothing more than scare tactics.

Another thing too, I'm not much of a game player, but how much software does
Nintendo have in the computer world outside of their little cartridges?
People copying cartridges are in a totally different league than those copying
computer software.  Both are wrong, but copying cartridges requires a bit
more intentional efforts to duplicate the material, and equipment.

Greg

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