Re: The software piracy issue

[GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat)]

In <4p8rvl$pm4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> rubywand@aol.com writes:

>      The issue of ancient and orphaned software should have been addresses
> long ago. What we need is a central Clearing-House for Old Software which
> maintains a master list of all software for which copyright owners wish to
> collect fees, the fee, and an address to send the fee. An option for
> listers would be to have CHOS collect the fee. CHOS would get a small
> piece of the action to support operations.

A CHOS would be a solution to many but not all problems. Notably institutions
like asimov will not go away because the attitude "I-can't-afford-it-thus-I 
steal-hey-I-even-don't-want-manuals-and-tech-support-thus-I-wouldn't-call-it-
theft" attitude is so popular.

Nevertheless, CHOS would indeed simplify a few things.

henrik