Noah Fentz Admin. of vpforums.org
[Didn't feel like going back and quoting Loaf's post ... Insert here.]
I thought it was a perfectly good example of what's to come, whether it be Tron, Transformers,AC/DC, or whatever, that is the direction it's going.
I know from speaking personally with Gary, Roger, George, Rick, Jack, and pretty much every other person in the industry who has say in the matter ... When lines are crossed, it'll be me/VPF they think of. It's just the way it is, since I personally approached them seeking their okay to do what we do, and I got it, albeit unofficially. I don't do things in shady fashion, I prefer to take the high road.
We are currently the only site with any permission to do what we do from those in the industry, and we'll do it with respect.
Any table, whether using ROM rips or other sources using the same layouts and art as machines currently in production is inappropriate. The agreement regarding VPinMAME was probably intended to be all encompassing, since it was an era in which ROM emulation was the primary method of recreating. Since then, many new techniques have been used which can accurately recreate new tables. While this may be an assumption, I feel it falls dead center in the spirit and motivation of the agreement in the first place.
PS - Please keep it civil guys.