Re: Abandonware petition

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 17:46:34 GMT, Matthew Russotto wrote:

> In article <20010719122643.29030.00000311@ng-ch1.aol.com>,
> Cturley2 <cturley2@aol.com> wrote:
>>Brendon Woirhaye wrote in his reply:
>>
>><< Although this is an honourable idea, it isn't as simple as it looks.
>>
>>I did some research a couple months back into Copy ][+, which is owned by
>>the company that I work for (Symantec Corporation, which acquired Central
>>Point about 8 or 9 years back).  Although the company has no financial
>>interest in the old product, and won't prosecute anyone for using an
>>unlicensed copy or even distributing it, the company cannot afford to
>>release it as public domain.
>
> Doesn't matter.  Copy ][+ is illegal under the anticircumvention
> provisions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.

Does this mean we are not allowed to copy the year 2000 digitally? Is it OK 
to copy it by analogue methods?


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