Quoted from Yoski:

Williams/Bally went out of business about 20 years ago.

Quoted from dung:

Kind of hazy, but both Rick (unless he proves he owns the rights to Capcom) and the OP are in the wrong. Rick has no standing to pull a copyright claim on OP. OP has no standing to sell any of the reproduction parts that they currently are.
If Rick would prove he has the rights to capcom then he is well within his right to pull such a claim. As it stands he has no business in any of this.

Quoted from AlexSMendes:

Everybody says that... Did he call retrorefurbs?

Quoted from dung:

That means little. We know gene had the rights to make BBB and used a lot of old capcom stock to make it (remaking some parts along the way). We know williams worked on BBB and had two prototypes running wpc hardware.
Williams might have had the rights to BBB and nothing else. Williams might have had the rights to all of capcom's stuff. The same goes for Gene.
There is no proof of any of it though. If Rick has a legitimate claim he needs to step up and prove it. He hasn't despite others calling him out on it. If he has a legitimate claim he is doing his job. Until he proves it though its a bunch of a saber rattling.

Quoted from dung:

Actually, williams could have just bought the two prototypes without paying for a license. The project did not get very far. They wired up two playfields to wpc hardware and partially coded it. It was never finished and it was never green lit for production. You are assuming that they got the license, there is no proof of that, just that they were messing around with two prototypes from a failed company.

Quoted from dung:

Williams had a history of working on a machine before securing the license.
Police Force was supposed to be Batman, but DE got it. They had started work on a pin2k playboy before they shut their doors as well. Those are just the two that come to mind.

Quoted from jwilson:

Williams bought the entire Bally pinball division, including all inventory, drawings, patents and copyrights.
PPS has a *license* to use the Williams and Bally trademarks and copyrighted materials. Scientific Games still owns the rights. So technically, someone else could get a license as well and pretty much destroy PPS's business.

Quoted from vid1900:

No USA company can stop overseas vendors from selling all the fake items they want.
If giant companies like Fender, PRS and Gibson can't stop all the fake guitars being ordered by US citizens, we can't really expect better results from a tiny business.
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Right now, you can go on AliExpress with your credit card and order this "Fender" Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster, with Scalloped neck and factory Fender decals all over it for $169 DELIVERED to your door in 7 days.
No company can stop it.

Quoted from vid1900:

I know that occasionally you see a big story on the news that Apple got the Chinese government to close down the production line of a company making fake iPhones.
But, I can still walk into any "mom & pop" cell phone store and buy a fake iPhone.
Closing down the line at one factory just means that production moves to another building across the street.
It can't be stopped.

Quoted from AlexSMendes:

Rick, do you have the rights for everything you sell? Simple question.

Quoted from iceman44:

Are you Rick?

Quoted from hardware:

I'm late to this one.
Why is this thread open yet? What question are we waiting for PPS to answer?
If I'm understanding this correctly people are bashing PPS and supporting someone who illegally reproduces artwork? (I don't care if PPS is not the rights holder)
If that's the case I'm not surprised. The entitled mentality is across all age groups these days. Because one has the money to purchase they feel they have the "right" to buy it regardless of if the source is legit or not.
If I am understanding this correctly this is incredibly sad. I wonder how the hobby would be affected if PPS shut it down today. I have an idea.

Quoted from underlord:

There is a long history of anyone picking up the B/W rights mantle to become an almost protectionist nazi. Wayne did it, now Rick.
Or Maybe they're just egotistical dicks.
Either way the end result is a dick-stomp on the collector's enthusiasm.

Quoted from Cornelius:

Oh get the eff out of here with your "safe zone" bullshit. You enjoy people who haven't kept up with the conversation butting in? You need to stop pointing your haughty fingers at me every time I make a post you don't like. Just downvote me like a passive-aggressive JO and keep it moving.
Damn I defend volcanodiver in the thread he got the boot from and then he calls me one of the bad guys? Yawl are savages. Non-reading the whole damn thread savages.

Quoted from Cornelius:

Well, why did you reply to my reply? This could go on forever. A good way to get the coveted Pinside Broken Record badge!!

It was the "hammered by the mob" thing. I apologize if I misunderstood you.

Go blow a balloon, MRA.