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The Controversy re: INDY TRACK PACK

4 posts by 4 people · 08 Jun 1997 - 09 Jun 1997

swampr 08 Jun 1997#369712
An idea for the guys at Papyrus/sierra: Why not go back through the registration cards/forms from INDYCAR RACING/ICR2 and make a special offer available for the INDY kit. You can see the response here regarding people looking for the track. It wouldn't have to be made available on a full commercial scale through retailers..hell,you could even work out a deal with IMS to sell it through them if they wanna regulate the number of copies out. Think about it..people are looking for it..if they cant get it LEGALLY...they'll take the next step,then everyone loses out,huh?
Jim Sokolo 08 Jun 1997#369713
>An idea for the guys at Papyrus/sierra: >Why not go back through the registration cards/forms from INDYCAR >RACING/ICR2 and make a special offer available for the INDY kit. Read this slowly: Papyrus' rights to manufacture the IMS expansion kit have expired, and IMS is not inclined to renew them, for a variety of reasons, known only to the genuis, Tony George. One could make the same argument about a lot things, and I don't think it is a compelling argument, rather the expression in words of what a three year old does when you don't give him a cookie he demands. When I go into my bank to withdraw $50,000 (which I don't have), and the teller doesn't give it to, should I use the same argument that if she won't give it to me legally that I'll take the next step and everyone loses out? If people are prone to illegally copying software, that's up to them. Chances are they won't get caught. But the fact that people will copy the IMS track if it's not offered for sale is not compelling enough for Papyrus to break the law by manufacturing and selling more boxes. ---Jim Sokoloff
RaceTr 09 Jun 1997#369856
>An idea for the guys at Papyrus/sierra: Yeah - I bet they never thought about selling the Indy track to people before...... how could they have missed such an obvious gold mine? One more time: IT IS NOT A PAPYRUS/SIERRA ISSUE. IT IS AN INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY ISSUE. And IMS isn't going to re-issue it - they've got a deal with ABC and ??? to put out a new IRL simulation this fall... - Mike. ================================================================ = R.I.P. Scott Brayton: February 20, 1959 - May 17, 1996 = R.I.P. Jeff Krosnoff: September 24, 1964 - July 14, 1996 = R.I.P. Jim Chapman: January 24, 1916 - October 10, 1996 ================================================================

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