[Coco] [Color Computer] Copyrights

[Tveo Loatouse]

Hi,

Here is my example of too much copyrighting messages.

10 WIDTH80:CLS:PRINT"Welcome to Directory Print for RGBDOS"
20 PRINT"By Tvefoo ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (C) 2008
30 DIM D:D=0:DRIVEON:PRINT:PRINT
40 PRINT"List RGBDOS directories to..."
50 PRINT"1) Stealth"
60 PRINT"2) Screen"
70 K$=INKEY$
80 IF K$="1" THEN GOTO 220
90 IF K$="2" THEN GOTO 110
100 GOTO 70
110 FORX=0TO253:CLS:PRINT"Directory Print for RGBDOS"
120 PRINT"By Tvefoo ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (C) 2008"
130 PRINT:PRINT:DIR D
140 D=D+1:PRINT:PRINT
150 PRINT"Press ENTER To Continue or 'Q' To Quit"
160 K$=INKEY$
170 IF K$ = "Q" THEN GOTO 200
180 IF K$ <> CHR$(13) THEN GOTO 160
190 NEXTX
200 PRINT:PRINT"Done..."
210 END
220 CLS:PRINT"Directory Print for RGBDOS"
230 PRINT"By Tvefoo ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (C) 2008"
240 PRINT"Wait until finished..."
250 POKE111,254:PRINT"Directory Print for RGBDOS"
260 POKE111,254:PRINT"By Tvefoo ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (C) 2008"
270 POKE111,254:PRINT
280 FORX=0TO253:POKE 111,254
290 DIR D:D=D+1:NEXTX
300 POKE111,0:PRINT"Done..."
310 END

--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Derek <dml_68 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Derek <dml_68 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Copyrights
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 3:20 PM
> Your wrong. It is ruining the group.
> 
> 
> 
> ** Mistrust Authority. Promote Decentralization **
> 
> 
>  
> 
> --- On Tue, 9/23/08, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu>
> wrote:
> From: Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Copyrights
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"
> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 9:54 AM
> 
> That seems like overkill to me, as it includes not only
> general copyright
> comments, but also stuff that is highly specific to the
> CoCo, not to mention
> interesting, such as Steve Bjork's post that you quote
> from.
> 
> Art
> 
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Derek wrote:
> 
> > I would like the whole Copyright Topic declared as OT
> for the group list.
> > Anyone else agree?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ** Mistrust Authority. Promote Decentralization **
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > --- On Mon, 9/22/08, Steve
> <6809er at bjork-huffman.net> wrote:
> > From: Steve <6809er at bjork-huffman.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Copyrights
> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer
> Enthusiasts"
> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Date: Monday, September 22, 2008, 1:46 PM
> > 
> > Please note, most of the third party software that
> sold by them was 
> > only "licensed for sell" and no time was the
> copyrights every 
> > transferred to them.  (This is true with all the code
> that I wrote for
> them.)
> > 
> > This last part was very interesting, ....
> > 
> > >Tandy, in selling the store to AST back in 1993,
> got the right to
> continue
> > >to support their customers, and that was taken to
> mean (by Tandy) that
> > Tandy
> > >could make and sell replacement disks for
> operating systems and things
> > owned
> > >by Tandy.  However, Tandy got greedy and started
> making copies of
> anything
> > >they had ever sold, regardless of who wrote it and
> who held the
> copyright,
> > >including products that Tandy never actually
> duplicated/manufactured,
> like
> > >SCO for PCs.  Microsoft, Lotus, Borland and lots
> of other people could
> have
> > >sued Tandy big-time over the replacement disk
> program, particularly
> after
> > >Tandy stopped looking for proof of purchase before
> selling anybody a
> $7
> > copy
> > >of anything, but the rightful owners didn't
> sue Tandy, at least
> not
> > yet.
> > 
> > While I still have to send the last part to lawyer,
> but it looks like 
> > Tandy has broken their licence agreement with me. (I
> never got any 
> > payments after 1993.)  If so, then they no longer have
> their exclude 
> > marketing agreement on my products.
> > 
> > This good news for the CoCo Community.  Why? This was
> one of the 
> > blocks to doing something with my CoCo software
> publicly.  I do still 
> > have one other block left and I hope to hear from my
> lawyer soon on it.
> > 
> > Steve Bjork
> > 
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