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<pre class="nfo"> Standards of Piracy Association
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Formed on 6 July 1996, the SPA is an agreement between the 5 top PC games
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groups that lays down the official "rules of engagement" to be used in the
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battle to release the most. Here is a synopsis of the topics that were
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discussed and voted on. The 5 groups that met were Prestige, Razor 1911,
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Mantis, Napalm, and Hybrid. Each group had approximately 2 representatives,
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and on the subject of voting, each group had one vote per issue.
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1. All 5 groups agreed that whatever was decided in the meeting would be
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adhered to in the releasing process.
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2. The 5 groups compromised on a size limit for releases. This limit is
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now set at 50 1.44 meg files. The previous limit was 40 1.44 meg
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volumes. In megs, this translates to approximately 72 megabytes max
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per game.
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3. Groups now have the option of using 2.88 meg files instead of 1.44 meg
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volumes should they choose to do so on a particular release. The only
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catch is that ALL disks of a release must be of one format or the other.
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All releases must be in either 1.44 meg or 2.88 meg format. Any games
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released that do not adhere to this format, or exceed the size limit
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(50 for 1.44's and 25 for 2.88's), will be nuked for 5x credits off of
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all sites in the SPA.
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4. The groups voted unanimously to ban all ROR releases from all sites
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participating in the SPA. This means that ROR releases will be nuked
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for 5x credits on all sites/boards in the SPA. This ban is subject
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to a monthly review.
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5. The 5 groups decided on the name (SPA), and that meetings would be
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held once a month by the leaders of the 5 groups in the SPA. At
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these meetings issues such as volume size, group bans, and even the
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size limit can be discussed.
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The SPA exists primarily to enforce fair play on the groups in the scene. The
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disk limit is part of it, and banning groups like ROR that release nothing but
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fakes and betas (and worse package them as finals) is also a part of it. If
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you run a site and would like to be SPA certified, email chemist@laker.net for
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more information on what you can do to help. The SPA is interested only in
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fair competition for all groups big and small, and in working releases for all
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users regardless of what group they download. Think of us as quality control.
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SPA Staff
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