Re: Asimov pirates AppleWorks 5, kills AppleWorks 5.2/6.0!

[tws <adoyson@nccn.net>]

I went to Asimov once.  They didn't have good organization, and none of the
titles interested me.  Why doesn't someone just shut it down?  It would end
alot of useless discussion here.

Supertimer wrote:

> bcarver@earthlink.net (Bill Carver) wrote:
>
> >We can ask the pirates to remove Appleworks from the site, and we've done
> >so many times in the past.  Each time it is removed and each time
> >Appleworks eventually comes back.
>
> Now this is interesting...
>
> Are you saying Asimov will remove Appleworks on request, but then it
> will pop back on and won't be removed unless you request it AGAIN?
>
> I don't know about all the Asimov supporters, but this looks like a shit
> deal to me.  "We always remove when copyright holder contacts"...
> sure, but it pops back the next day...it seems Asimov is not interested
> in respecting copyright holders' wishes after all...
>
> Bill, I suggest sending ONE more request to them.  THIS time, say
> AS LONG AS SQC IS SELLING APPLEWORKS PLEASE REMOVE
> ALL APPLEWORKS UPLOADS TO YOUR SITE.  If Asimov TRULY
> respects copyright holders' wishes, this should not be difficult at all.
> People can't download from the incoming directory...instead of moving
> AppleWorks uploads to the right directory, they can just delete them.
> Assuming Asimov truly honors copyright holders' wishes, that is...