[Coco] Steve Bjork software

[George Ramsower]

Steve,

 How much $ would you require for me to purchase all of your COCO sofware 
for my personal use?


 I mean this..

 I want everything. I'm starting to get an enterest in gaming on this 
machine and I want all I can find.
 I already have a couple of your games and they are good. My CC2  and CC3 
machines still work and I still use the CC3 daily. I wouldn't part with them 
for a woman.
 Well, not exactly, but you know what I mean.

George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Bjork" <6809er at bjork-huffman.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Duplicating Copy-Protected Games (Z-89) (Was: Coco 
Digest, Vol 55, Issue 22)


> You are right about the my games not being released to public domain.  But 
> there is more to clarify on the subject.
>
> First of all, I continue to sell and especially support all of my games.
> As for making any money, what funds raised by a few games sales offset the 
> cost in supporting them. (Mostly mailing cost.)
>
> On the subject of copyright, your must remember that the right of that can 
> be done with the software is the RIGHT of the copyright owner. (And no one 
> else.)  While you buy software, you are giving limited rights to its use. 
> And that is all.
>
> More importantly, some people think the 2003 update to the The Digital 
> Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) gives people the right to copy and 
> give away older software.
>
> This is not the case.
>
> The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 made it illegal to circumvent 
> any copy protection.  Just to act of trying to break it is illegal.
> Now, the 2003 update to the DMCA does allow the circumvention Digital 
> Right Management (DRM), aka copy protection but only in the cases of 
> unsupported software and hardware.
>
> The update to the DMCA also says that you have the right to transfer the 
> software from hardware that is no longer working to a new hardware, if 
> replacement
> can not be found. In this case, you do have the right to circumvent the 
> DRM to make it work on a new type computer that software was not design 
> for.  Does this apply to Color Computer software? The answer is no. 
> (Because replacement CoCos are "reasonably available" on E-BAY and other 
> sources.)
>
> The point to all this?  Just because a program is no longer sold and/or 
> supported it does not remove the copyright or put it into public domain.
>
> Now, I know some of you thinking I should just put my old games into 
> public domain.  Well I can't for many reasons.
>
> For 35 years I've been a software engineer and create a large body of 
> copyrighted work.  Over those years, I've been involved in a number legal 
> action in regards to the protection of my rights to my copyrighted 
> software.  The fact that I maintained control over all my copyright code 
> made for easy wins in court and saving me tens of $1,000's!
>
> One other reason for not releasing my CoCo software in to public domain is 
> that I have plans for those games.  As you know, there are a number of 
> ideas that I have for projects to help the CoCo community and those game 
> titles maybe be needed to help bring them to life.
>
> I do have a request. If you have any of my software on your website, 
> please remove it.  You would be helping not only me but the CoCo community 
> as well.
>
> Thank you,
> Steve (Zaxxon) Bjork
>
> At 05:44 PM 1/12/2008, you wrote:
>
>>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
>>
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