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In article <82itai$42q$1@nnrp1.deja.com> , attrax <attrax@my-deja.com>  
wrote:

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> The urban myth that sites like Asimov systematically ignore the
> entreaties of copyright holders is demonstably farcical.  One only
> needs to look at how clinically efficient the Milano clan can be
> in shutting down sites with the merest threat of litigation.
>
> If not in court, why don't the copyright holders of old A2 programs
> forcefully make their views known here, or at Delphi ...or anywhere ?

Because nobody asked them.

> The is absolutely no doubt that if site operators like Helix
> actually DID receive a valid objection about a program from the
> copyright holder, it would be removed immediately from his site.
>
> SO, if the REAL A2 copyright holders DON'T SEE THEMSELVES as
> aggrieved parties, and have NO INTENTION of objecting, then what is
> the point of the interminably boring thread, other than as a vehicle
> for flames without purpose ?

It is not entirely without purpose. There's a faint line between
illegal behaviour and being sued. There's a tendency to blur the
different meanings. For Jeff Hurlburt the logic is that not being sued
means an activity is legal, but the two do not correlate in such a
fashion. If your behaviour is not legal because you violate copyright
laws without getting the ok from the authors, you've left legal ground
no matter whether you're going to be sued or not. If you don't agree
to these laws, change them in writing but not in your mind.

It's all about the nomenclature. I don't accept people start calling
illegal activities "legal". Why? Because it shows an excessive lack of
sense for property. If this kind of reasoning makes the round and
becomes an established part of our thinking, we all have lost. It's
not just some software without current commercial value but it relates
to *all* physical and intellectual property. And if you are so sure
there's nobody going to sue you, it would be a nice start to be honest
to yourself and call unauthorized copies what they are - illegal.


- henrik

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