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

[Dave R in Illinois]

I am going to assume that Cocodownunder sparked this debate/notice? 

 

As for the public domain discussion, Iagree, it's a shame this material
hasn't been release to public domain, but nonetheless its not up to us, but
rather the author who remains in control of the said material. All we can do
is comply with the author's requests.  Sadly this decision is out of our
control, like it or not. All we can do is hound Steve for a way to purchase
this material, and hope he grants our wish.

 

Dave

 

 

On Monday 14 January 2008, Charlie wrote: 

>"Steve Bjork" <6809er at <http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco>
bjork-huffman.net> 

>wrote in message news:20080114051636.CC2C77D114
<http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco>  at qs281.pair.com... 

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>> 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 

> 

>How does that help the CoCo community? 

>I think it sucks. Legal or not. 

> 

>You may think it sucks, and that is your right. That however has nothing to

>do with the legality of what Steve has asked. Steve has just served a 
>takedown notice on this list, and it would be best for all concerned to
honor 
>that request & save Steve the requirement and the legal expense of a whole 
>slew of takedown letters in the US Mails. In case you aren't savvy, 
>copyright violations are about US $90k per instance the last time I heard. 

>FYI Steve, if I do have any of your games, they are still on the cartridges

>they came in. 


>-Charlie 

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