[Coco] Duplicating Copy-Protected Games (Z-89) (Was: Coco Digest, Vol 55, Issue 22)

[J.P. Samson]

Carl J. England <mrspock12 at juno.com) wrote:
> i didn't realize that the game [Z-89] was available as a download.
>
> has it been released to public domain?
>
> if so, i have no problem with sending you the files needed to create
> copies of the program.

As far as I know none of Steve's games, including Z-89, have been  
released to the public domain.  Certainly I have seen no indication of  
this on Curtis Boyle's CoCo games site.  To be honest, I'm not sure  
what Steve's position is regarding his old CoCo games.  He obviously  
makes no income off them anymore (i.e. you can't buy copies), so does  
he take issue with people making unauthorized copies for personal  
purposes, as long as no money is involved?

I bought a copy of Backup Magic a few months ago from Carl.  It seems  
to have successfully copied some of my original, copy-protected  
diskettes (e.g. Sinistaar), but fails to make bootable copies of other  
(e.g. Time Bandit, Sailor Man).  So I guess there's still a place for  
The Defeater.

JP