Re: Where is the beef???

[nojunkhattonr@aug.com (Rick)]

DEVEN ATKINSON <deven@MCS.COM> wrote:

> In article <35EEF0C3.548A66C6@swbell.net>, Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net>
> wrote: > >     There is no disagreement that copyrighted software should
> not be >maintained on a site if the copyright owner objects. >
> 
> This is where your thinking is wrong.  By copyrighting something the
> author *is* already objecting.  Otherwise it would not have been
> copyrighted and would have always been in the public domain. It is silly
> to think that the copyright owner *can* track down every instance of
> piracy and object.  The current case with CheckWorks is a fine example of
> how the owner does object, but was unaware. It is *not* incumbant on the
> owner to hunt down violations, it *is* incumbant upon those uploading
> software to honor copyrights.

So points on copyright. First there is a differnece between copyrighted
material, shareware, freeware and commercial apps. Almost all shareware
and commercial apps are copyrighted, and some frewware apps are. A
copyright in and of itself does not prevent duplication of material. The
copyrigt notice, which should state whether copyrighted material can be
duplictated, does.

as for defense of copyrights, authors are supposed to defend their
copyrights. If they do not, many times they loose the copyright.


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