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    UDb23 @Capeman
    last edited by 22 Apr 2017, 08:36

    @Capeman Did you contact them about it?

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      UDb23
      last edited by 22 Apr 2017, 08:43

      I think it's the case that Retropie creators contact these people asap.

      @Buzz: any update on registering Retropie trade mark in Europe ?

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        InsecureSpike
        last edited by 22 Apr 2017, 11:23

        @simonster said in Another person selling Retropie - Pixel Arcades:

        North East Retro Gaming show

        i just PM'd RayGun @AttractMode, as their supplying that too

        RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
        RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
        both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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          simonster
          last edited by 24 Apr 2017, 13:24

          I contacted the organisers of the North East Retro Gaming Show, I haven't heard anything back, but if they at least ask questions, it will be interesting.

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            simonster
            last edited by simonster 24 Apr 2017, 14:28

            The North East Retro Gaming Show's response was "You need to take this up with Pixel Arcades. Your fight is with them."

            Basically, I get the feeling that they are of the opinion Pixel Arcades are funding their event and therefore don't want to know about it.

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              UDb23 @simonster
              last edited by 24 Apr 2017, 14:47

              @simonster seems so.

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                BuZz administrators
                last edited by BuZz 24 Apr 2017, 16:18

                https://twitter.com/RetroPieProject/status/856530821934665729

                Their twitter account now seems removed. A clear conscience then!

                Their website is hosted on godaddy

                host pixelarcades.co.uk
                pixelarcades.co.uk has address 160.153.136.1
                

                Feel fee to email abuse [at] godaddy.com to let them know they have a customer selling systems with 26,000 pirated games on (provide a link to a page as evidence). They also sell retropie (can tell from some screenshots I saw) but don't mention that on their site as far as I can see.

                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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                  UDb23 @BuZz
                  last edited by 24 Apr 2017, 17:29

                  @BuZz They show "how to" videos for Retropie on their facebook page... so they are using Retropie.

                  What about creating an "official" standard text that any Retropie forum users can use to send (read submerge) by e-mail to people like these ?

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                    simonster
                    last edited by 24 Apr 2017, 18:25

                    I've emailed godaddy and Paypal (given that's who process their payments) and we'll see what happens.

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                      herb_fargus administrators @simonster
                      last edited by 24 Apr 2017, 19:18

                      @simonster i was thinking of throwing a convention for the war against drugs, in order to fundraise I figured we could just sell drugs to fund it.

                      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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                        BuZz administrators @simonster
                        last edited by 24 Apr 2017, 19:22

                        @simonster sorry it should have been [at] godaddy.com btw

                        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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                          simonster @BuZz
                          last edited by 24 Apr 2017, 19:33

                          Thanks @BuZz , I worked it out anyway.

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                            BuZz administrators
                            last edited by BuZz 24 Apr 2017, 20:50

                            I wrote an email to the event.

                            Regarding your sponsorship by Pixel Arcades:

                            I heard you replied to a user who already emailed you:
                            "You need to take this up with Pixel Arcades. Your fight is with them."

                            It is disappointing to hear you don't mind about being sponsored by a
                            company who profits from selling other peoples work (RetroPie with
                            thousands of copyrighted games). This damages our reputation and
                            threatens the project.

                            An event funded by Piracy - not a good image for a Retro Gaming event.

                            Looks like we may need to highlight this on our website, as well as
                            twitter feed - Not sure that will be the press you want though. (we
                            mentioned it on twitter already -
                            https://twitter.com/RetroPieProject/status/856530821934665729) - they
                            were quick to shut off the twitter account.

                            I would recommend you separate yourselves from this company - It's a bad
                            association for emulation and exactly the sort of thing that gets
                            emulation projects closed down. People profiting from selling ROMs are
                            no better than someone selling pirated DVDs down the market.

                            I suspect it's more than them being sponsored by some 3rd party company. Says on the website about machines being "for sale" after, so I wonder if they quite closely linked etc. Perhaps they are actually helping run the event or maybe it's the same people.

                            It's a shame that people feel the need to profit on the work of others. If they want to sell arcade machines - fine. No need to include copyrighted games. It's pretty obvious why they do - to add value - to make more money.

                            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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                              simonster
                              last edited by 25 Apr 2017, 13:20

                              I take it that you've heard nothing further @BuZz ?

                              I had another look at their contact page and on a whim copied and pasted their contact number (a mobile phone) in to Google. It returned another company: "The derwent slate plate company" and the name Ross Pennington on their contact page with the same mobile number.

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                                felleg
                                last edited by felleg 25 Apr 2017, 14:47

                                Looks like they removed the product listing from their website. I can't find in anymore, and the link from google returns an error 404. (edit: i removed the link)

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                                  simonster
                                  last edited by 25 Apr 2017, 15:49

                                  @felleg could you remove the link please, we don't want to push traffic in the direction of the website.

                                  They still have a number of other products for sale including the RetroPie converted classic consoles SNES, Playstation, etc.

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                                    BuZz administrators @simonster
                                    last edited by 25 Apr 2017, 16:33

                                    @simonster i edited the link.

                                    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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                                      felleg @simonster
                                      last edited by 25 Apr 2017, 17:35

                                      @simonster sorry, done.

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                                        humblepi
                                        last edited by 9 Sept 2017, 12:02

                                        Why not approach this from another direction and point those with serious clout like Nintendo or Sony in their direction?

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                                          mattrixk @humblepi
                                          last edited by 11 Sept 2017, 03:27

                                          @humblepi If you aim the T-Rex at something you want them to eat, there's nothing stopping them from eating you afterwards.

                                          My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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