Balls Of Steel gone

[ktm450]

Unfortunately another wonderful resource has been threatened with legal action and forced to shut down

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.pinball/browse_thread/thread/a9602683dd51298d/c8d2e2aa37e15200

[FirePower]

Hopefully it will find it's way onto a torrent or russian pr0no site?

[Strangeways]

A lot of the content was not subject to any copyrights.

There are those that promote the hobby, and those that think they "own it".

It will be available via torrents in the near future 

[pinnies4me]

Another sad day for our hobby.

Fortunately when you post requests here or on RGP, someone usually has what you need anyway. All that is achieved by taking these sites down is to make the hobby a smaller thing than it would otherwise be.

[ktm450]

A lot of the content was not subject to any copyrights.

That is correct and even the copyrighted ones shouldn't be an issue anyway, people can only use the images to reconstruct plastics and decals for their own games, the images (well most) have no physical dimensions so it would be near impossible to mass produce any of them unless you had the actual game in question to check for correct fit and colour match.
A real shame, I'm glad I just uploaded a couple I needed last week.

[faza]

Yep hopefully torrents will be the way to go .
What certain people dont understand is that people restoring machines keeps the hobby alive which in turn helps there business in the long run.
If i could by the plastics etc for my machine i would happily do so but when there not available where do you turn.
Yep torrents

[Mr Pinbologist]

well that definitely sux.. BIG time  I used the site several times and downloaded plastic scans over the years for my own use. Oh well so long as we have sites like AP with members willing and able to help each other out with this kind of stuff, all will be good 

[Strangeways]

Case in point - LUCKY - I downloaded DE Star Wars Slingshot scans a while ago - and the Death Star plastics. Those are always broken.

Freely available - but not anymore.

[goodolddays]

I just don't understand the logic behind this .  It is a harmless hobby after all 

[Ant68]

 
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.pinball/browse_thread/thread/5ebce1ea21a0600c#

[Creech]

All potentially defamatory posts have been removed. Keep the personal and abusive stuff off this forum please.

[Wotto]