[Coco] Copyright

[Luis Fernández]

Thanks for clarifying

This page allows rom down his illegal, would have to sue you or radio shack?

> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:14:26 -0800
> From: 6809er at srbsoftware.com
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Copyright
> 
> Sorry Luis, but you don't understand copyright law.
> 
> Once something is copyrighted, it does not fall out of copyright for a 
> long long time.
> And Beatles songs can not be used freely.  They are protect under 
> copyright law.
> 
> As a programmer for almost 40 years, I have written a tons of software 
> with most of it having a copyright on it.
> I also have to protected my future code by fighting to keep my rights on 
> past software safe.  This includes my CoCo software.
> 
> To make this point clear,  all CoCo that I worked and was sold for the 
> CoCo is still under copyright protection.  Anyone selling or disturbing 
> my CoCo software without a license is breaking the law.  Please note ....
> 
> *It's always at least a civil matter (a tort). 17 U.S.C. 501(b) details
> the mechanisms by which an owner of a copyright may file a civil suit,
> and 28 U.S.C. 1338 expressly refers to civil actions arising under the
> copyright act.
> 
> However, under certain circumstances, it may also be a federal crime. A
> copyright infringement is subject to criminal prosecution if infringement
> is willful and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial
> gain. 17 U.S.C. 506(a). If the offense consists of the reproduction or
> distribution, during any 180-day period, of 10 or more copies having a
> retail value of more than $2,500, the offense is a felony; otherwise, the
> offense is a misdemeanor. 18 U.S.C. 2319.
> 
> As a side note, although 18 U.S.C. 2319 purports to prescribe the
> penalties for criminal infringement, all crimes covered by Title 18 have
> their penalties determined by the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, another
> part of Title 18.*
> 
> Steve Bjork
> SRB Software
> 
> On 1/13/2011 2:22 PM, Luis Fernández wrote:
> > Even the music of the Beatles and is free from copyright
> > and can be used freely, and that is not how many years pass
> >
> > When things coco  release, free?
> 
> 
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