Re: Concerning Apple II archives online from Apple Computer ftp site

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3915cbf0.68668993@news>,
Jeff Blakeney <CUTblakeney@home.com> wrote:

 
>> Similarly, if a site publicly offers the IIgs ROM for download by Bernie
>> IIgs emulator users and Apple does not object, why should you?
> 
> Because it is illegal (although this is a grey area still).
 
If the copyright owner doesn't object, that's irrelevant.  No-one
else except the copyright owner will sue for a copyright infignment,
right?
.......
>Because it is illegal.
.......
>Because it is illegal.
.......
>Because it is illegal.
.......
>Everyone would benefit if everyone involved were to know what is going
>on and to know that everything was being done legally.

(...yawn...)

You focus too much on the technical question of legality.  It would be
better if you instead focused on whether any damage was done to anyone,
or of anyone was dissatisfied with whta was happening.  If not, then no
harm is done, and it's quite irrelevant whether it's legal or not.



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