HEWS
NEWS
CITY OF
IF HOPE
HOPI
CITY
HIMIRS LOCKHART
LOCKHART
HONORS
T
he Chicago
Chicago Electronics
Electronics Council
Council for
for
he
the
City
of
Hope
presented
the
the City of Hope presented the
Konami employees Kurt Sedlacek
and Wendy Atherton in the lobby
of Konami's new offices.
Tim Paukner
Paukner (left)
(left) and
and Gary
Gary Gouse
Gouse of
of
Tim
Birmingham Vending
Vending at
at the
the Konami
Konami
Birmingham
reception.
reception.
Konami is is known
known for
for its
its conversion
conversion
Konami
kits, but
but the
the expanded
expanded facility
facility and
and new
new
kits,
dedicated driving
driving game
game indicate
indicate a a
dedicated
move toward
toward a a broader
broader product
product line
line
move
and
more
in-house
development
with
and more in-house development with a a
U.S. .- -resident
research -and-development
U.S
resident research-and-de
velopment
staff.
staff.
Konami of
of Japan,
Japan, which
which was
was
Konami
founded
18
years
ago,
also
recently
founded 18 years ago, also recently
moved
to
larger
offices
in
an
I I -story
moved to larger offices in an 11-story
building
in
Japan.
The
U.S.
company
building in Japan. The U.S. company
located in in Los
Los Angeles
Angeles in
in 1982
1982 and
and
located
moved
to
IUinois
in
1984.
moved to Illinois in 1984.
Construction of
of the
the Wood
Wood Dale
Dale
Construction
facility
began
last
fall
,
and
Konami
facility began last fall, and Konami
moved in in this
this September.
September. The
The new
new
moved
address
and
telephone
number
are 815
815
address and telephone number are
Mittel
Drive,
Wood
Dale,
IL
60
191
;
Mittel Drive, Wood Dale, IL 60191;
(3 12) 595-1443.
595-1 443 .
(312)
10 PLAY
PLAY METER/November
METER/ November 1986
1986
10
City of
of Hope
Hope Spirit
Spirit of
of Life
Life Award
Award
City
to Bette
Bette Lockhart,
Lockhart, executive
executive vice
vice
to
president of
of Rock-Ola
Rock-Ola Manufacturing
Manufacturing
president
Corp., at
at a a testimonial
testimonial banquet
banquet
Corp.,
November 5 5 at
at
November
the
the
Ritz-Carlton
Ritz-Carlton
Hotel, Chicago.
Chicago.
Hotel,
The
Spirit
of
The Spirit of
Life Award
Award
Life
dinner honors
honors
dinner
leader who
who
a a leader
has made
made
has
contributions
contributions
to his
his own
own
to
Bette Lockhart
Lockhart industry
industry and
and
Bette
supported the
the
supported
work of
of the
the City
City of
of Hope,
Hope, a a research
research
work
hospital in
in California
California that
that is is a a major
major
hospital
cancer-research center
center and
and leader
leader in
in
cancer-research
bone-
marrow
transplants.
Lockhart
has
bone-marrow transplants. Lockhart has
devoted
six
years
to
the
cause
of
the
devoted six years to the cause of the
City
of
Hope.
City of Hope.
All proceeds
proceeds from
from the
the dinner
dinner and
and
All
the
program
book
published
for
the
the program book published for the
event will
will be
be donated
donated to
to the
the research
research
event
hospital.
hospital.
JAMMA RECOMMENDS
RICIMMIMDS
JAMMA
AMTl·IMFRIMGIMIMT ACTIONS
ACTIONS
ANTI-INFRINGEMENT
T
T
he Japanese
Japanese Amusement
Amusement Machinery
Machinery
he
Manufacturers Association
Association
Manufacturers
0AMMA), in
in response
response to
to American
American
(JAMMA),
Amusement Machine
Machine Association
Association
Amusement
(AAMA) proposals,
proposals, has
has agreed
agreed to
to
(AAMA)
recommend
to
its
members
that
they
recommend to its members that they
emboss
the
name
and
corporate
emboss the name and corporate
trademark of
of the
the legitimate
legitimate U.S.
U.S.
trademark
copyright
holder
on
all
game
boards
copyright holder on all game boards
intended
for
shipment
to
the
U.S.
intended for shipment to the U.S.
JAMMA
has
agreed
to
JAMMA -also has agreed to
recommend that
that Japanese
Japanese software
recommend
software for
for
boards
intended
for
use
in
Japan
boards intended for use in Japan
include a a warning
warning message
message on
on the
the
include
video
screen
that
would
read:
"This
video screen that would read: "This
game illegal
illegal for
for use
use in
in the
the U.S.A."
U.S.A."
game
JAMMA's
agreement
to
make
the
JAMMA's agreement to make the
recommendations
to
its
members
came
recommendations to its members came
at an
an October
October 6 6 meeting
meeting in
in Tokyo
Tokyo of
of
at
the boards
boards of
of directors
directors of
of JAMMA
JAMMA and
and
the
~
to
discuss
means
of
combating
AAMA to discuss means of combating
video-game copyright
copyright infringement
infringement and
video-game
and
trademark
violation.
trademark violation.
The JAMMA
JAMMA board
board also
also agreed
agreed to
to
The
consider
recommending
that
the
consider recommending that the
release of
of games
games in
in Japan
Japan be
be delayed
delayed
release
for
90
days
after
release
in
the
for 90 days after release in the
United States.
States.
United
The AAMA
AAMA board
board suggested
suggested that,
that,
The
because of
of the
the lack
lack of
of safeguards
safeguards
because
against the
the production
production of
of counterfeit
counterfeit
against
boards in
in South
South Korea,
Korea, Japanese
Japanese
boards
manufacturers avoid
avoid using
using South
South
manufacturers
Korean subcontractors
subcontractors or
or licensees.
licensees.
Korean
JAMMA officials,
officials, however,
however, explained
explained
JAMMA
that
existing,
but
little-known,
that existing, but little-known, South
South
Korean laws
laws are
are being
being used
used by
by the
the
Korean
association's
copyright
committee
to
association's copyright committee to
impede
counterfeit
production
in
impede counterfeit production in
Seoul. They
They said
said South
South Korean
Korean
Seoul.
authorities have
have seized
seized evidence
evidence in
in
authorities
raids conducted
conducted as
as a a result
result of
of
raids
JAMMA's initiative
initiative and
and that
that further
further
JAMMA's
actions are
are expected.
expected.
actions
joint contingent
contingent of
of AAMA
AAMA and
and
A A joint
JAMMA officials
officials will
will meet
meet with
with
JAMMA
law-enforcement authorities
authorities in
in Seoul
Seoul to
to
law-enforcement
discuss
South
Korean
counterfeiting.
discuss South Korean counterfeiting.
AAMA URGES
URGES USE
OSI OF
IF "HOLD
"HILD
AAMA
HARMLESS" LETTERS
LITTERS
HARMLESS"
I counterfeit
an effort
effort to
to stamp
stamp out
out
n n an
counterfeit and
and illegally
illegally distribu
distri buted
ted
games, the
the AAMA
AAMA is is urging
urging
games,
operators to
to insist
insist on
on "hold
"hold harmless"
harmless"
operators
letters or
or statements
statements when
when they
they
letters
purchase machines
machines from
from their
their
purchase
suppliers.
Such
letters
or
statements
suppliers. Such letters or statements,
according
to
a
ovember
14 press
press '
according to a November 14
release,
would
shift
the
responsibility
release, would shift the responsibility
for copyright
copyright compliance
compliance to
to the
the seller.
seller.
for
The
AAMA
has
developed
"hold
The AAMA has developed "hold
harmless" statements
statements for
for the
the
harmless"
manufacturer-to-distributor
sale and
and
manufacturer-to-distributor sale
for
the
distributor-to-operator
sale.
for the distributor-to-operator sale.
The statements
statements are
are available
available on
on
The
rubber
stamps,
which
can
be
used to
to
rubber stamps, which can be used
mark
sales
invoices.
The
cost
of
the
mark sales invoices. The cost of the
stamp is is $50
$50 (for
(for AAMA
AAMA members,
members
stamp
$25).
,
$25).
For
more
information
write
AAMA
For more information, write AAMA,
205 The
TI1e Strand,
Strand, Alexandria,
Alexand,ria, VA
VA 22314.
223 14.
205