Now that is a really good question! If I own the game, I would assume part of the game price includes licensing fees for the music/videos/whatever are shown during gameplay. I don't understand why I could set up the game in location, but not be allowed to stream a video playing my game.

Bally/Williams never had any problems with streaming, although many of their games also contained licensed music.

If this is so big problem for Stern, maybe they should use MIDI renditions of music clips. I am quite sure nobody plays the games to just hear the original music performances (which are available in Youtube anyway).

ForceFlow, I understand that.

But somehow I feel sad that the current trend of licensed themes brings all those problems along.

Of course. But if I pay big $$$ for the toy, I don't consider it to be someone else's but my own.

Anyway, OK... I understand if I buy a CD, that doesn't give me rights to rebroadcast it. Funny that we now have to face these kind of things with pinball games

True. And a broader license would of course cost more, making the games even more expensive.

Stern has probably done research on licensed vs. non-licensed themes, and found the licensed themes to bring more revenue.

Attack from Mars and Medieval Madness were unlicensed themes...