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  • Is this legal?This is in reference to the "special occasions" thread I started. (I need to be careful how I word this...) I want to put Ghost N Goblins on a websi…

    So, Magpie, I guess that pretty much means u can't put up any Ultimate games!

    How bout games that have been granted permission for distribution by their authors/publishers? Many of which are on WoS.

    Will they be illegal too?
    Arjun Arjun January 2003 Games
  • 'What's New'If you haven't read this today then I suggest that you do. Richard

    ... -gaming is frowned upon by publishers etc ... because it diverts gamers ... - those titles have been denied distribution on WOS.

    On ...
    Refrenz Refrenz February 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WOS and copright[url="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29646.html"]http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29646.html[/url]

    ... says "XYZ grants permission distribution!". now why would those ... to revoke grants of distribution because compaines can make ... nothing, while they refused distribution to other sites who ... that to market. Software publishers must generate a meaningful return ...
    Amigo Amigo March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • You live you learn - random ramblingsWell I've been around for some time now and I continue to be amazed at the new things I find on WoS. For example, today I came across Martijn's inte…

    ... of concern, blame the publishers not gamers for the taste ... (I think) free for distribution, despite the ongoing Ultima saga ... of the arguments against free distribution are plain rubbish. I ... clearly understood is that free distribution doesn't mean relinquishing ...
    Arjun Arjun July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • You live you learn - random ramblingsWell I've been around for some time now and I continue to be amazed at the new things I find on WoS. For example, today I came across Martijn's inte…

    ... is of concern, blame the publishers not gamers for the taste ... 4 (I think) free for distribution, despite the ongoing Ultima saga ... their earlier games free for distribution, you can't help but ... of the arguments against free distribution are plain rubbish. I don ...
    cyborg cyborg July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • JetPac JetPac has to be one of my all time favourite speccy games, next to Manic Miner. But for some bizzare reason this site has "Distribution Denied" o…

    ... ="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/permits/publishers.html"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... /permits/publishers.html[/url]

    You ... and Code Masters) have denied distribution of their games.
    Metalbrain Metalbrain August 2003 Games
  • Amigo - Dizzy PetitionHi Amigo, Have been reading about your petition with some interest, particularly as I have some connection to it... I used to work for Codemasters…

    ... greater debate is regarding "free distribution". Basically, allowing games to be ... with "Ultima 4". And many publishers have done the same for ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WOS and it's futureI just got into a good old fashioned argument with some guy on another forum about WOS. Basically I recommended this site for games, and this guy cam…

    ... mob of speccy programmers and publishers, from whom permissions haven't ... work being made available for distribution, they merely have to let ... we? if the authors and publishers aren't worried, then there ...
    Arjun Arjun November 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Instructions Project updateHopefully you're all aware of [url="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~pak21/spectrum/instructions"]the attempt to get instructions for more of the games on W…

    ... basically all the big software publishers (with the notable exception of ... those programs for which explicit distribution permission has been obtained?
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall September 2004 Games
  • RZX for Sabre WulfI was just about to send an RZX for Sabre Wulf to the RZX Archive when I noticed they don't accept Ultimate's (and other companies' who haven't given…

    ... games -- those the publishers of which don't allow distribution for. :)
    J?rg Pleumann J?rg Pleumann October 2004 Games
  • Vanished without a trace.Hi everyone, I've just noticed that ENERGY4UK's posts have been deleted in their entirety. That's great. Hopefully our beloved administrator will co…

    ... fully copyrighted by their respective publishers/authors and I highly doubt ... the games that are denied distribution, there is a good amount ... for which we have exclusive distribution rights. You never asked us ...
    mheide mheide November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Vanished without a trace.Hi everyone, I've just noticed that ENERGY4UK's posts have been deleted in their entirety. That's great. Hopefully our beloved administrator will co…

    ... fully copyrighted by their respective publishers/authors and I highly doubt ... the games that are denied distribution, there is a good amount ... for which we have exclusive distribution rights. You never asked us ...
    TROLL-2005 TROLL-2005 November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…

    ... all publishers and authors of the past agreed about free distribution of ...
    Uros Zupan Uros Zupan February 2005 Games
  • Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…

    ... all publishers and authors of the past agreed about free distribution of ... /> [/quote]

    Rubbish: most publishers have not said anything at ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall February 2005 Games
  • Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…

    ... all publishers and authors of the past agreed about free distribution of ... /> [/quote]

    Rubbish: most publishers have not said anything at ... of authors and publishers agreed and allowed free distribution. That is the ...
    Uros Zupan Uros Zupan February 2005 Games
  • Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…

    ... of authors and publishers agreed and allowed free distribution. That is the ... stuff. By allowing a limited distribution of the Commode version of ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2005 Games
  • Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…

    ... of authors and publishers agreed and allowed free distribution. That is the ... stuff. By allowing a limited distribution of the Commode version of ...
    Uros Zupan Uros Zupan February 2005 Games
  • Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…

    ... of authors and publishers agreed and allowed free distribution. That is the ... />
    There are precisely 2940 publishers listed in my dump of ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/permits/publishers.html"]free distribution[/url]. 140 out of ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall February 2005 Games
  • Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…

    ... authors and publishers agreed and allowed free distribution. That is ... br /> There are precisely 2940 publishers listed in my dump of ... .worldofspectrum.org/permits/publishers.html"]free distribution[/url]. 140 out ... gave permission for distribution of old titles.
    Uros Zupan Uros Zupan February 2005 Games
  • Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…

    ... of authors and publishers agreed and allowed free distribution. That is the ... stuff. By allowing a limited distribution of the Commode version of ...
    mel the bell mel the bell February 2005 Games
  • Activision has joined the DENIENCES sessionHello everyone! Activision has stated that their games are not allowed for free distribution, as well as Electric Dreams games! Go to [url="http://…

    ... br /> Subject: Gamestage - Copyrights and Distribution


    ... am currently checking the distribution state of your software ... ).
    Gamestage's distribution of your ZX Spectrum ... their original Developers' names, Publishers, Year of release and ...
    monty.mole monty.mole April 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How much money did you spent on Spectrum software?I'm living in Russia where most of software is sold by pirates. The same was in our "Spectrum era" (88-94). So I want to know: in civilized states ho…

    ... the big box games from publishers like Rainbird, games like Carrier ... is doing them by denying distribution on their games.
    Cappy Cappy June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • So it's only denied FOR US! :>(This is freaking incredible! As you all know, codemasters made a point of not letting anyone play their silly games. But it seems only the speccy com…

    ... problem I think is the distribution, the line being drawn that ... you know, with some record publishers wanting to restrict the number ...
    NickH NickH June 2005 Games
  • Denied gamesThis has probably been on here thousands of times ,but why can people make an exact remake and the companies who made the game not release the origin…

    ... is now on the Denied Distribution list.

    As I ... get tied up by the publishers and stuff (who pay them ...
    Speculator Speculator October 2005 Games
  • Why games get denied distribution?Does anyone know if any good reasons have been given by the creators of some old speccy games on why they wont allow their games to be distributed? …

    ... rights to grant/deny free distribution.

    Brownie points count ... void 50 years after the publishers death, the works then enter ...
    Vampyre Vampyre December 2005 Games
  • Spectrum Emulator for Windows XPHi all. I'm struggling to get any emulators to work with Windows XP. I'm just after an emulator with Joystick support. Any suggestions? Thanks

    ... other system. Many developers and publishers have apparently let the Speccy ... generous enough to allow free distribution of a game he/she ...
    jamyskis jamyskis December 2005 Emulators
  • Speccy Book pdfs on eBay CDHi folks, I see that the-sinclair-shop on eBay are selling a CD with a number of pds I've done for WoS. I do these pdfs for all for Free, and can o…

    ... can see book publishers turning round and saying "distribution denied" and then ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton April 2006 Chit chat
  • Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…

    ... . I now have a good distribution company to work with , good ... gardens of the games companies , publishers , and retailers , which by not ...
    Retro-Soft Retro-Soft May 2006 Games
  • Microdrive gamesI saw a few Spectrum games on Ebay recently which were advertised as being in the microdrive format, they even had a photo of the cartridge with a la…

    ... game that are in the Distribution denied section, this site gives ... this list. If the publishers want Distribution denied then no pics no ...
    microdrive microdrive September 2006 Games
  • Secret Of St. Bride'sI recently bought a copy of Secret Of St. Bride's (excellent game by the way) and the inlay says that it was distributed by Audiogenic (I always thou…

    ... authoring, publishing, promotion/marketing and distribution could be dealt with by ... roles.
    Infoseek only lists publishers, not distributors.

    [quote ...
    mheide mheide January 2007 Infoseek database
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