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From: hattori@csrd.nkk.co.jp (Mato Hattori)
Subject: Re: 1993's video, Japanese Robot Sumo
In-Reply-To: cburian@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 4 Mar 1994 20:25:28 GMT
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In article <2l85fo$c1b@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> cburian@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher J Burian) writes:

   ]By the way, could someone tell me what is the best way to send small
   ]amount of money from foreign country to Japan ?

   Find a trustworthy partner in the foreign country to act as middleman to 
   duplicate the tapes and collect the money, so that only one tape need be
   sent overseas, and only a few large wire transfers need be made.

   Chris Burian

Yeah, I guess it is the best way.

What I got from Fuji Software Inc., the main sponsor of the event, is two
VHS(NTSC) tapes that contains total 3 hours and a half long program.  I
viewed all of it then I found the program covers entire scene of the
games on December 23rd, 1993.  The program is well edited.  Language
spoken is Japanese.  Unfortunately, there's no English caption.

Original copyright of the program belongs to Fuji Software.  I personally
talked with them and could get permission to make copies as logn as I'm
not getting profits and I'm reporting to whom I sent a copy of the tape.

I've already got several responses asking about the tape.  I would like
to answer all of your request, but my resource are limited.  I need help
distributing copies of tape.

Volunteer should have enough resouces to handle bunch of tapes, and
should be honest not to get profits on the tape.  Additionally, in order
to keep copyright permission, volunteer should keep tracking who got a
copy then report to me.  I guess volunteer had better an organization
like hobby club, school, or sort of researching faculty.

I'm glad to hear Brad Smallridge at The San Francisoco Robotics Society
might be able to help me to distribute tapes in the U.S.

I need volunteer in the Europe.  Please send me an e-mail if you can
distribute tapes in Europe.

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Mato  Hattori                      Computer System Research Department,
email : hattori@csrd.nkk.co.jp     Electronics Research Center, NKK Corporation
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