Hiya... [snippety] > Most people I have spoken too, do give us permission but >are still concerened over the copyright issue even know the games are >obsolete and worth nothing only to those who want to relive there child >hood. So what I say to them and to you is that we dont want the >copyright or anything like that, that obviously stays with you, and we >will put games on that you want if were not allowed them all, and we >will remove any of the games at any time, and anything else you wish to >add into our agreement if there was to be one. Copyright is, of course, the important issue here. Personally, I have no problems whatsoever with free internet distribution of my old Speccy/Amstrad titles. Though I do feel a bit miffed when I see my -still commercially viable- Gameboy title (MicroMachines) being available as a free download. And no, I don't get any royalties from it. But Speccy-wise, sure, I'm all in favour of free distribution, and you can quote me on that if it helps your case. *However*, I am not in a position to give you permission to distribute any of the Speccy titles I worked on. Virgin still exists (just!), and holds the rights to my first games. Rights pertaining to my early Speccy games, and all of my PC games, belonged to Domark, and are now held by Eidos. The rights to most of my Speccy work are still owned by CodeMasters, with the additional complication that rights regarding the characters & plot of the Dizzy games belong to Interactive Studios (My current employer). So thanks for your email. You have my support. Forward it to the people who's permission you really need. ttfn Fred