Beau Jolly - Revision history

Gryzor: /* The Beau Jolly - CPC community incident */ formatting

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The Beau Jolly - CPC community incident: formatting

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	From what I remember, some American guy was selling educational games with a religious theme under the name of Computer Classics, and was trying to get CPC Zone to remove all mention of Beau Jolly's compilation, Computer Classics because he believed it infringed his trademark. He was also trying to get in touch with Beau Jolly about the same issue. He made repeated demands on the forum, but he just could not comprehend that:		From what I remember, some American guy was selling educational games with a religious theme under the name of Computer Classics, and was trying to get CPC Zone to remove all mention of Beau Jolly's compilation, Computer Classics because he believed it infringed his trademark. He was also trying to get in touch with Beau Jolly about the same issue. He made repeated demands on the forum, but he just could not comprehend that:

	1) Beau Jolly's compilation was released back in 1987 - some years before his own trademark was registered,
	2) Beau Jolly stopped selling their compilation a long time ago,		# Beau Jolly's compilation was released back in 1987 - some years before his own trademark was registered,
	3) CPC Zone was just listing historical information about CPC games.		# Beau Jolly stopped selling their compilation a long time ago,
			# CPC Zone was just listing historical information about CPC games.

	It's a shame that the discussion wasn't archived, because the American guy gave all of us CPC Zone readers some great entertainment! In the end, Malc Jennings (the CPC Zone webmaster - you remember him, don't you? ) reckoned that he was doing this to try to create publicity for his own Computer Classics software - although if that was true, it was a very strange way to do it."		It's a shame that the discussion wasn't archived, because the American guy gave all of us CPC Zone readers some great entertainment! In the end, Malc Jennings (the CPC Zone webmaster - you remember him, don't you? ) reckoned that he was doing this to try to create publicity for his own Computer Classics software - although if that was true, it was a very strange way to do it."

	[[Category:CPC_related_companies]] [[Category:Computer_and_video_game_companies]]		[[Category:CPC_related_companies]] [[Category:Computer_and_video_game_companies]]

Gryzor: Confrontation with the CPC scene

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Confrontation with the CPC scene

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 *16. [[The Tolkien Trilogy]] (1989)
 *17. [[Big Box]] (1991)
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Ritchardo mkII at 09:47, 15 May 2010

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	Beau Jolly were formed in 1984 as a software house that specialised in obtaining the rights to other publisher's games when they were deemed of no further commercial worth.		'''Beau Jolly''' were formed in 1984 as a software house that specialised in obtaining the rights to other publisher's games when they were deemed of no further commercial worth.

	Their remit was to collect as many of these licences and re-distribute them in the form of compilations, mirroring the record industry which had at that time begun to expand their back catalogue promotions.		Their remit was to collect as many of these licences and re-distribute them in the form of compilations, mirroring the record industry which had at that time begun to expand their back catalogue promotions.

	The first major acquistion came following the collapse of the original [[Imagine Software]] when Beau Jolly stepped in and picked up the rights to a number of their games. From this, their business model snowballed by picking up games from smaller publishers such as [[Realtime Games]], [[PSS]] & [[Anirog]].		The first major acquistion came following the collapse of the original [[Ocean\|Imagine Software]] when Beau Jolly stepped in and picked up the rights to a number of their games. From this, their business model snowballed by picking up games from smaller publishers such as [[Realtime Games]], [[PSS]] & [[Anirog]].

	After a few smaller releases of their ex-[[Imagine]] stock on the C64 and ZX Spectrum, Beau Jolly launched their first major release, in a blizzard of an advertising campaign, [[10 Computer Hits]] on a number of formats, including the CPC. The series eventually ran to five releases over the following three years.		After a few smaller releases of their ex-Imagine stock on the [[C64]] and [[ZX Spectrum]], Beau Jolly launched their first major release, in a blizzard of an advertising campaign, [[10 Computer Hits]] on a number of formats, including the CPC. The series eventually ran to five releases over the following three years.

	Interestingly, the titles on their compilations often varied from format to format depending on what was and was not available.		Interestingly, the titles on their compilations often varied from format to format depending on what was and was not available.

Octoate: added categories

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added categories

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	*16. [[The Tolkien Trilogy]] (1989)		*16. [[The Tolkien Trilogy]] (1989)
	*17. [[Big Box]] (1991)		*17. [[Big Box]] (1991)

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Ritchardo mkII: /* Trivia */

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Trivia

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	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==

	The long dead software house were the subject of some controversy in the CPC scene back in 2006. Someone claiming to own the copyright to the ~~title~~ "Computer Classics" posted a message on the [[CPC Zone]] boards requesting that the title be taken down as it infringed his copyright. After a few attempts at reasonable explanation, the forum regulars were astounded when the proprieter of the copyright continued to bombard the board demanding that references to this title were taken down as it infringed his copyright.		The long dead software house were the subject of some controversy in the CPC scene back in 2006. Someone claiming to own the copyright to the phrase "Computer Classics" posted a message on the [[CPC Zone]] boards requesting that the title be taken down as it infringed his copyright. After a few attempts at reasonable explanation, the forum regulars were astounded when the proprieter of the copyright continued to bombard the board demanding that references to this title were taken down as it infringed his copyright.

	Sadly since the demise of the old CPC Zone boards it is not possible to link directly to the storm but for the people who were there it remains a surreal experience that won't be forgotten anytime soon!		Sadly since the demise of the old CPC Zone boards it is not possible to link directly to the storm but for the people who were there it remains a surreal experience that won't be forgotten anytime soon!

Ritchardo mkII at 12:56, 27 October 2009

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	*9. [[Five Star Games III]] (1987)		*9. [[Five Star Games III]] (1987)
	*10. [[20 Chart Busters]] (1988)		*10. [[20 Chart Busters]] (1988)
	*11. [[10 Computer Hits 4)]] (1988)		*11. [[10 Computer Hits 4]] (1988)
	*12. [[Supreme Challenge]] (1988)		*12. [[Supreme Challenge]] (1988)
	*13. [[30 Red Hot Hits]] (1989)		*13. [[30 Red Hot Hits]] (1989)

Ritchardo mkII at 12:55, 27 October 2009

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	~~{{Ifd}}~~		Beau Jolly were formed in 1984 as a software house that specialised in obtaining the rights to other publisher's games when they were deemed of no further commercial worth.

	~~''Note: this is supposed~~ to ~~be a joke on~~ the ~~discussion over~~ at ~~[http://www.cpczone.net/boards/viewtopic~~.~~php?t=841&highlight= CPC Zone]''~~		Their remit was to collect as many of these licences and re-distribute them in the form of compilations, mirroring the record industry which had at that time begun to expand their back catalogue promotions.

	~~This is~~ a ~~company~~, ~~not a person - they created~~ games ~~several decades ago and would never have imagined that someone would come along in the 21st Century and claim they were infringing their trade marks~~, ~~or copyrights or whatever the heck that guy was talking about~~.		The first major acquistion came following the collapse of the original [[Imagine Software]] when Beau Jolly stepped in and picked up the rights to a number of their games. From this, their business model snowballed by picking up games from smaller publishers such as [[Realtime Games]], [[PSS]] & [[Anirog]].

	Computer Classics (R)		After a few smaller releases of their ex-[[Imagine]] stock on the C64 and ZX Spectrum, Beau Jolly launched their first major release, in a blizzard of an advertising campaign, [[10 Computer Hits]] on a number of formats, including the CPC. The series eventually ran to five releases over the following three years.
	Computer ~~Classics~~ (R)
	Computer ~~Classics~~ (R)		Interestingly, the titles on their compilations often varied from format to format depending on what was and was not available.
	Computer Classics (R)
	Computer ~~Classics~~ (R)		Their control of the compilaton market began to dry up as more and more software houses realised the value of their back catalogues and released their own compilations. As Beau Jolly never invested in any new software or conversions of software - they were solely involved in the distribution of third party software - and as the smaller companies began to be swallowed by the 'bigger fishes in the Ocean' they did not have enough clout to survive for long into the 90s, their last release for the CPC being made in the Winter of 1991.
	Computer ~~Classics~~ (R)
	~~Computer Classics~~ (R)		== Trivia ==
	Computer ~~Classics~~ (R)
	~~Computer Classics~~ (R)		The long dead software house were the subject of some controversy in the CPC scene back in 2006. Someone claiming to own the copyright to the title "Computer Classics" posted a message on the [[CPC Zone]] boards requesting that the title be taken down as it infringed his copyright. After a few attempts at reasonable explanation, the forum regulars were astounded when the proprieter of the copyright continued to bombard the board demanding that references to this title were taken down as it infringed his copyright.
	~~Computer Classics~~ (R)
	~~Computer Classics~~ (R)		Sadly since the demise of the old CPC Zone boards it is not possible to link directly to the storm but for the people who were there it remains a surreal experience that won't be forgotten anytime soon!
	Computer ~~Classics~~ (R)
	~~Computer Classics~~ (R)		== Releases ==
	~~Computer Classics~~ (R)		Please note: due to the nature of their output, this list cannot be considered to be exhaustive at this time and should be regarded as a work in progress:

			*1. [[10 Computer Hits]] (1985)
			*2. [[6 Computer Hits]] (1985)
			*3. [[10 Computer Hits 2]] (1986)
			*4. [[Five Star Games]] (1987)
			*5. [[Computer Classics]] (1987)
			*6. [[Five Star Games II]] (1987)
			*7. [[10 Computer Hits 3]] (1987)
			*8. [[5 Computer Hits]] (1987)
			*9. [[Five Star Games III]] (1987)
			*10. [[20 Chart Busters]] (1988)
			*11. [[10 Computer Hits 4)]] (1988)
			*12. [[Supreme Challenge]] (1988)
			*13. [[30 Red Hot Hits]] (1989)
			*14. [[Soccer Spectacular]] (1989)
			*15. [[10 Computer Hits 5]] (1989)
			*16. [[The Tolkien Trilogy]] (1989)
			*17. [[Big Box]] (1991)

Gryzor at 08:39, 10 August 2006

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			''Note: this is supposed to be a joke on the discussion over at [http://www.cpczone.net/boards/viewtopic.php?t=841&highlight= CPC Zone]''

	This is a company, not a person - they created games several decades ago and would never have imagined that someone would come along in the 21st Century and claim they were infringing their trade marks, or copyrights or whatever the heck that guy was talking about.		This is a company, not a person - they created games several decades ago and would never have imagined that someone would come along in the 21st Century and claim they were infringing their trade marks, or copyrights or whatever the heck that guy was talking about.

Prodatron at 14:38, 7 August 2006

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			{{Ifd}}

	This is a company, not a person - they created games several decades ago and would never have imagined that someone would come along in the 21st Century and claim they were infringing their trade marks, or copyrights or whatever the heck that guy was talking about.		This is a company, not a person - they created games several decades ago and would never have imagined that someone would come along in the 21st Century and claim they were infringing their trade marks, or copyrights or whatever the heck that guy was talking about.

62.172.234.2 at 11:30, 7 August 2006

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	This is a company, not a person - they created games several decades ago and would never have imagined that someone would come along in the 21st Century and claim they were infringing their trade marks, or copyrights or whatever the heck that guy was talking about.		This is a company, not a person - they created games several decades ago and would never have imagined that someone would come along in the 21st Century and claim they were infringing their trade marks, or copyrights or whatever the heck that guy was talking about.

	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)
	Computer Classics		Computer Classics (R)