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Atlas opens Indy branch Atlas Distributing opened a new 8, 100-square-foot office in Indianapolis, Ind., on May 17 . Serving as key employees there are Jim Abbott, branch manager; Jim McNally, vending manager; and Jill Reams, parts manager. Atlas president Jerry Marcus says the office hasn't fully settled on the product lines to be carried, but they will include most of the major ones already handled at the Chicago branch. " We will be the only distributorship in the state of Indiana that doesn't also operate,'' Marcus said. ''This is a significant thing. Many operators in Indiana have complained that they don't like dealing with distributors who operate as well. The Indianapolis office gives us the triangle of Chicago, Grand Rapids, and Indianapolis. Each is within four or five driving hours of one another . " The address is 1341 Sadlier Circle So . Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46235. The telephone number is (317) 322-0104 . AAMA lends child abuse prevention help Video museum on tour Starting in June, the video game exhibit "Hot Circuits: A Video Arcade'' will pull up stakes from its New York museum residency and head out on the road . The world's first such retrospective of video games will be exhibited in 10 U .S. cities . / The participating museums include the Science Museum of Connecticut in West Hartford; the Space Coast Science Museum in Melbourne , Fla.; Discovery Place in Charlotte , N .C . ; the Miami Museum of Science ; the Cumberland Science Museum in Nashville; the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond ; the Detroit Science Center ; the Pacific Science Center in Seattle; the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia; and Great Explorations in St. Petersburg, Fla. Judge sides with Atlantic & Pacific AAMA executive vice president Bob Fay (I) and president Gil Pollock (r) accept a special award honoring the coin-op in· dustry for work against child abuse. It was presented by Judy Rhodes, executive director of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the NCPCA. The American Amusement Machine Association (AAMA) continues to take an active role in educating the public about the evils of child abuse . The association was a key participant in this year's national ·kick-off of Child Abuse Prevention Month , held April 2 in Washington , D.C. AAMA president Gil Pollock unveiled the third public awareness posterproduced by AAMA on behalf of the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse-during a press briefing at the Amidon Elementary School. He spoke about the industry's commitment to this issue . ' ' As an industry , we feel it is important 14 PLAY METER/June 1990 to participate with the organizations that seek to safeguard the youths in this country , " Pollock said . "We believe these posters send a wonderful message to children and their families ." This year's poster features Fred Savage, star of' 'The Wonder Years' ' TV show. Don Mattingly and John Madden were the subjects for the other two posters . At a private dinner hosted by the amusement machine association for the NCPCA and area chapters, Pollock and AAMA executive vice president Bob Fay accepted an award on behalf of the industry for its continued dedication to child abuse prevention . In a pre-trial hearing of a law suit brought by Yamate USA Corp. against Atlantic & Pacific Amusement Corp., Judge Harold Ackerman ruled that A & P did not infringe on any copyright concerning the video card game Lucky 8 Line. A & P contended that the game was in the public domain . Yamate sought a preliminary injunction that would've prevented A & P from marketing the game , as well as an impoundment order. Ackerman determined that Yamate failed to demonstrate at least a reasonable likelihood of success if the suit were to go to trial. Therefore, both of its requests were denied . The key issue centered on when Lucky 8 Line was actually created and offered for sale. A game can only become public domain if it is sold without a copyright for at least five years . Yamate claimed the game was only sold from 1985 , but Ackerman held that A & P presented ' 'weighty evidence that the game was published in 1983, six years before issuance of the registration .' ' A & P produced over 15 affidavits from distributors , stating that they had bought, sold , and operated Lucky 8 Line games in 1983.