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    • C
      Concat
      last edited by BuZz

      Actually, they even encourage donating to RetroPie. Hardly the most egregious example of a terms violation...

      Though they do sell SD cards with Retropie image on it, as opposed to just the download section: hxxp://www.retrobuiltgames.com/diy-kits-shop/raspberry-pi-computer/

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      • RiverstormR
        Riverstorm @Concat
        last edited by Riverstorm

        @Concat said in Is this a violation of license?:

        Actually, they even encourage donating to RetroPie. Hardly the most egregious example of a terms violation...

        Though they do sell SD cards with Retropie image on it, as opposed to just the download section: http://www.retrobuiltgames.com/diy-kits-shop/raspberry-pi-computer/

        I completely agree it's no where near as egregious as the Australian example but it is a bit dodgy and violates "Legal & Contact" clearly stated in the legalese of the RetroPie "Licenses" section. They are giving away and linking their "homebrew" image to mega.nz that works with their product.

        "...this includes “giving away” a pre-installed RetroPie with your commercial product."

        "If you are selling hardware that supports RetroPie you should provide a link to our site for your customers rather than including a RetroPie image with your product."

        Anyway I was just pointing it out, no harm, no foul... ;)

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        • EkstremeE
          Ekstreme
          last edited by

          This rip off merchant makes me mad. There is a closed group on Facebook for RetroPie and every now and then I see people recommending they buy from this drop kick and other eBay hacks.

          The good thing about the FB group, it doesn't matter how many times you say "read the wiki" they completely ignore it and pollute Facebook with their (often) down right basic questions. Less to worry about wasting time here I guess.

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          • DrMaxwellD
            DrMaxwell
            last edited by

            It's silly to buy something that is available for free. All you need is a raspberry pi and a Micro SD card. There are Facebook groups dedicated to RetroPie that have complete images with media etc, so why on earth would you pay for it unless you cannot flash a Micro SD card.

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            • XVOX
              XVO
              last edited by

              I've being ebay hunting today for those b####es who are selling a raspberry pi 2 or 3 with a cheap usb snes like controller and a retropie image with roms on the sd card. I know you can't stop them but I've reported 73 people.
              There was one project I couldn't report, it was a zero in a nes controller. He said he couldn't put anything on the sd card except for retropie, I respect that guy. The controller (project) costs about 25 pounds, so for the effort and not selling roms A++ ;)

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              • herb_fargusH
                herb_fargus administrators @XVO
                last edited by

                @XVO he can't even put RetroPie on the sd card. That's illegal too.

                If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                • XVOX
                  XVO @herb_fargus
                  last edited by XVO

                  @herb_fargus
                  I've ended my browser section so it would take me like 1.5hours to find him on ebay. I've used the search term Raspberry pi, so I could find everything.

                  But hey, I'm trying to be the good guy here, other people sell retropie fully loaded for about 80 bucks.

                  I hope ebay will kick the other guys.

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                  • glennlakeG
                    glennlake @herb_fargus
                    last edited by

                    @herb_fargus What I would like to see for the newbie is someone selling a package of hardware (Pi, game controllers, power supply, sd card, maybe a nice custom case etc.) and with links to download RetroPie and instructions on how access the wiki pages. That's about as far as you can go to stay on the good side of my moral beliefs.

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                    • UDb23U
                      UDb23
                      last edited by UDb23

                      Unfortunately there's another e-shop selling a "kit" that includes Retropie: hxxp:\xxx.plexishop.it/en/ready-made/retropie-kit-with-lcd-display-10

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                        lobi
                        last edited by BuZz

                        Two more from spain:

                        • hxxp://tiendaarcade.com/inicio/23-mini-consola-arcade-alpha.html (price 179€, ilegal roms included, facebook page hxxps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1166582383432285&substory_index=0&id=428325007258030)
                        • hxxp://www.toad.es/shop/es/inicio/33-retroconsola-time-machine-by-toad-8437015663043.html Toad Time Machine, this company stole the desing to Ryan Bates (hxxp://www.retrobuiltgames.com/the-build-page/porta-pi-arcade-lite/). Ilegas roms are included. (price 199€).

                        It´s a pitty that a lot of people are making money, and they are not retroarch or retropie developers.

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                        • BuZzB
                          BuZz administrators
                          last edited by BuZz

                          Thanks. Can I ask people if posting links here, to make the links broken - so the sellers don't gain any google rank (as our site is quite popular ;-) )

                          I have edited some of the posts above to change http to hxxp

                          To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                          • UDb23U
                            UDb23 @BuZz
                            last edited by

                            @BuZz good point. Just edited url in my post.

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                            • space cadetS
                              space cadet
                              last edited by

                              I found a genius kits on ebay with snes controllers and also retropie pre-installed on a sd card. They even had sd card size choices. Bummer people try to profit of others!

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                              • XVOX
                                XVO @lobi
                                last edited by

                                @lobi said in Is this a violation of license?:

                                Two more from spain:

                                • hxxp://tiendaarcade.com/inicio/23-mini-consola-arcade-alpha.html (price 179€, ilegal roms included, facebook page hxxps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1166582383432285&substory_index=0&id=428325007258030)
                                • hxxp://www.toad.es/shop/es/inicio/33-retroconsola-time-machine-by-toad-8437015663043.html Toad Time Machine, this company stole the desing to Ryan Bates (hxxp://www.retrobuiltgames.com/the-build-page/porta-pi-arcade-lite/). Ilegas roms are included. (price 199€).

                                It´s a pitty that a lot of people are making money, and they are not retroarch or retropie developers.

                                At least the site from portapi let you download the image from here, if you press the link you will be transfered to the retropie homepage.
                                And don't forget that he also mentioned the devs.
                                ' Download the image below to try it for yourself. If you like the image, please considering purchasing a kit to make the most out of it. Also consider donating to RetroPie.org. They rock.'

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                                  lobi
                                  last edited by

                                  You are right @XVO , (I did not explain well) portapi is totally right, the fact that I wanted to remark was that TOAD copied the work in the desing of the Joystick, and used a modified SD with retropie and illegal roms.
                                  There is a lot more here that use retropie with roms:

                                  • hxxp://www.ebay.es/itm/CONSOLA-RASPBERRY-PI3-64GB-PS2-RECALBOX-Y-KODI-O-RETROPIE-RECREATIVA-ARCADE-/272332431615?hash=item3f684720ff:g:QOsAAOSwIgNXpbGJ
                                    (124.90€ and 24 sold units).
                                  • hxxp://www.ebay.es/itm/CONSOLA-RASPBERRY-PI3-RECALBOX-Y-KODI-O-RETROPIE-MEMORIA-16GB-32GB-64GB-ARCADE-/282074297920?var=&hash=item41acf03640:m:mClkyA5RPZnQrvUu-zDnB9w
                                    (124.99€ and 60 units solds).
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                                  • glennlakeG
                                    glennlake @BuZz
                                    last edited by

                                    @BuZz I don't think this will work. I just did a google search copying the broken link and it took me to the eBay site just as if I went to the site. I don't know if it will up the google rank.

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                                    • BuZzB
                                      BuZz administrators
                                      last edited by

                                      It's not about people being able to use the link or search for it - it's about search engines giving the linked sites a better position since we are linking them. Links from the follow include the nofollow attribute, but just to make certain it's better to not make them actual links.

                                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                      • EkstremeE
                                        Ekstreme
                                        last edited by

                                        Some kinda humorous news. The RetroPie group on FB that I've loosely been following has been distributing images for ages. Mainly because it has a huge attract mode following and frankly, the work is pretty good from the pics I've seen. I refuse the download their 128gb images to try it for myself.

                                        Funnily enough, they have imploded in the last day or so because the image they distribute which not only contains all their hard work on the attract mode build, but complete rom sets has found it's way to stores just like the ones discussed here. Suffice to say, they got pretty pissed.

                                        Their resolution? Private invite only FB group to continue distributing their images. it will happen again no doubt. Sadly they just can't see what's wrong with what they're doing and that it doesn't help the project at all by hoarding their work

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                                        • EkstremeE
                                          Ekstreme
                                          last edited by

                                          And then there is this: http://digitalhypearcade.com/

                                          Why are my countrymen so darn crooked?!

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                                            ronlaws86 @Ekstreme
                                            last edited by ronlaws86

                                            @Ekstreme just commented on the youtube video in that page, maybe this is the only way to fight back against this - raise awareness.

                                            "For more info on the software loaded on this device, you should head over to the Retropie site where you can download it for free, https://retropie.org.uk/ also note that there are dubious legalities with purchasing hardware that has this software pre-loaded (With roms), as this totally ignores IP Laws and the terms of Retropie ;)"

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