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`28.Jun.2025` (ANF)	Group of investors represented by Youtuber Perifractic buys Commodore Three weeks ago, Youtuber Christian 'Perifractic' Simpson announced in a video that he had received an offer to take over Commodore B.V., the owner of the remaining Commodore trademark rights. In a second video published today he now announces the completed takeover: A group of unnamed angel investors has acquired the company for a low seven-figure sum. He himself is now the acting CEO, but the purchase price has not yet been paid - the company is still looking for investors. In the half-hour video, Simpson lists a whole series of former Commodore employees (Michael Tomczyk, Bil Herd, David Pleasance, support staff such as James Harrison and Hans Olsen) or actor Thomas Middleditch ("Silicon Valley") as future "advisors". A financial participation of the community is not yet possible, as the international legal hurdles are too high. Commodore plans to revive the time before social networks and artificial intelligence, when computer technology was still considered a utopia rather than the scourge of mankind, with new "retro-futuristic" products. The years around the turn of the millennium are cited as a model several times. There already seems to be a pretty clear idea of what Commodore's first "retro-futuristic" product will be - but Simpson won't reveal exactly what it is until the next video. Once again, however, the Youtuber praises the Linux distribution Commodore OS Vision, which was created during the Commodore USA era by former Commodore USA and future Commodore CTO Leo Nigro. This time it is explicitly described as "retro-futuristic", analogous to the planned hardware product. In addition to further investors, in order to actually be able to pay the sum called for the sale, the company is currently looking for a social media manager and "merchandise designers". Editor's note: The Dutch company Commodore B.V., which Simpson and his investors have acquired, owns the "Commodore" trade marks and the "Chickenlips" logo. The rights to the Amiga brands and all 8-bit and Amiga software went to Gateway after the ESCOM bankruptcy and are now owned by Michael Battilana's Amiga Corp (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 28. Jun. 2025, 21:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Jun.2025`	Replacement rubber feet for Amiga 500 / 600 / 1200 If you want to replace lost or stained rubber feet of an Amiga 500, 600 or 1200 with the original product manufactured continuously by 3M over the last 45 years, you can obtain this article from the Canadian dealer "Retro Rewind" at the title link, for example. According to them, it is the same product that Commodore and Amiga Technologies used. (snx) [News message: 18. Jun. 2025, 11:57] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Jun.2025`	Legal dispute: Hyperion can be held liable for copyright infringements In April 2023, Hyperion won the first lawsuit with Mike Battilana and his partners: The judge had essentially ruled that the plaintiffs Amino, Itec and Amiga Inc. could not sue for breach of contract or copyright infringement and that the only party entitled to sue - Amiga Corporation - should not be added as a plaintiff to the current proceedings due to a technicality and that it would have to sue separately. The so-called "Amiga parties" appealed against all three decisions. The subsequent legal dispute (courtlistener.com) is characterised above all by the lack of legal representation for Hyperion: In order to respond to the Amiga parties' initial statement of early August 2023, Hyperion first had to register new lawyers and ask for an extension of time. However, the new lawyers asked to be released from their mandate as early as April 2024. In October and September, Hyperion is given two four-week deadlines to provide new lawyers - coupled with the clear warning that the company's response to the Amiga parties' appeal would otherwise be removed from the file and the court would have to make its decision without taking Hyperion's position into account. Subsequently, the removal of Hyperion's "Answering Brief" is ordered on 7 November. It was not until seven months later that the Belgian company was able to present new legal counsel. In a motion dated 10 June, the new counsel asked for the removal of Hyperion's statement to be reversed: The "nebulous nature" of his predecessors as Hyperion's lawyers allegedly "dissuaded potential attorneys [..] to appear for Hyperion" and Hyperion had long been unsure whether its foreign lawyer Ben Hermans could take over the representation before the court in Washington. Only two days later, not only was this request by Hyperion's new lawyer rejected, but a unanimous judgement was also issued: the decisions of the previous instance to deny the Amiga parties the right to sue for breach of contract and not to admit the Amiga Corporation to the proceedings were upheld. However, the three judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overrule their colleague on one key point: The Amiga parties can take action against Hyperion for copyright infringement - copyright law is to be valued higher here than the "non-aggression" clause from the 2009 settlement agreement, according to the court of appeals. The "District Court" - i.e. the previous instance - must now once again deal with the allegation of copyright infringement by Hyperion. Mike Battilana's "Amiga Corporation" had already opened separate proceedings against Hyperion in 2019, but these are on hold until the case discussed here is resolved. We have asked both parties for statements and will submit them if necessary. Editor's note: Although an agreement had already been reached between Hyperion - including current manager Timothy de Groote - and the Amiga parties multiple times, these failed to end the legal dispute because Ben Hermans had withdrawn his agreement at the last moment. As far as we know, there have been no talks between the two parties after the restructuring of Hyperion - according to rumours, the newly appointed director de Groote had refused to engage in talks, stating that he wanted to wait for the outcome of the appeal hearing first. (cg) [News message: 13. Jun. 2025, 10:34] [Comments: 1 - 13. Jun. 2025, 15:59] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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