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

[Bob Devries]

Dave R said:

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

The offending file on cocodownunder has now been removed. Apologies to Steve 
Bjork for its appearance there. The uploader told me it was done in error.

To all other software authors: If you find any of your software on that site 
which should not be there, please email the site owner or myself, and I will 
remove it.

Steve Bjork, would a list of your current software be available? This way, 
it will be possible to make sure that no further infringements occur.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave R in Illinois" <lazyhand at sbcglobal.net>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:13 AM
Subject: [Coco] Duplicating Copy-Protected Games (Z-89) (Was: Coco Digest 
,Vol 55, Issue 22)


>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
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>
>
>
> 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...
>
>>
>
>>> 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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