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Blackspawn
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Tulip Computers' new strategy - what do you think?
http://www.tulip.com/aboutus/corp_article.asp?nid=109
Opinions? :/ |
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blackdroid
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Posts: 84 |
uhm, like WTF! |
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hollowman
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 474 |
"Currently there are about 300 commercial websites that use the name Commodore or Commodore 64 without having a license from Tulip. Tulip will not allow unauthorised use of the Commodore brand."
sounds great, the illegal scene shall rise again! |
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Blackspawn
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Quote: "Currently there are about 300 commercial websites that use the name Commodore or Commodore 64 without having a license from Tulip. Tulip will not allow unauthorised use of the Commodore brand."
sounds great, the illegal scene shall rise again!
Mhehe, yeah exactly. :)
"The games offered by the Ironstone web-portal will include the famous ‘classic’ C64 games as well as exciting new games [...]"
>:) |
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Pixman
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Registered: Dec 2001
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Tulip Computers zijn klootzak. |
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hollowman
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 474 |
exciting new games ?
is richard involved in this also? :/ |
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T.M.R
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Registered: Dec 2001
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i was quite surprised that Ironstone (the PR bunnies involved) are based in the U.K. (they have an inner London telephone number on Tulip's piece and the U.K. dialcode on their site). At some obscure time this morning, i sent an email to Tulip asking for clarification on a few of the points in their news piece and, now that i'm properly awake, i did the same to Ironstone's PR bunnies. Obviously, i'll keep people posted if anything surfaces.
Personally, i think they're on a loser - look what happened to commodore64.com (Web Computers' site for their Web.It) and how badly that fared. Trying to charge people for what they do for free themselves doesn't inspire brand loyalty... |
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Merman
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 140 |
Having read the discussion at Lemon64, I don't think we need to worry. In six months' time they will have slunk away again having wasted a lot of money on PR.
I would point out that there are some real problems with the copyright issue - the Commodore Internet Archive site got shut down because of just a few games that are now officially protected under international law.
But I don't see how they can stop the sheer number of sites online without a lot of work. We can also claim we are like music fans who start their own site - we are celebrating what we love, not infringing on their rights. |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3053 |
I suppose they will stirr some attention in retro-related forums and make retro collectors unhappy..
Scene will have fun (as always) and Tulip guys will look ridiculous. (Ups.. they already look ridiculous. I'm going to publish that PR article at c64.sk so you can comment it before they will delete it don't worry ;-)
I look forward for their portal. I sense a lot of life and fun from that side ;-). It'll be great fun to read how Tulip organises C64 computer parties, and gives away great prices in C64 compos. I'll maybe get permission to visit C64 related conferences. MAybe even food and sleep for free. Yeah lotsa bucks ahead ;-))). Let's jump on the train until it's too late. Ups... it's already too late.. april the 1st was more than 3 months ago.. ;-) |
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Richard
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 621 |
They're making our lives plain misery. I wish dickheads like IDSA and Tulip/Ironstone would get a life and leave us enthusiasts alone. They're worse than G.W.Bush! |
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Richard
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 621 |
Quote: exciting new games ?
is richard involved in this also? :/
No! This is because all software I produce is freeware and I still hold the license of the software and will not let Tulip/Ironstone steal it from me. |
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