Luis, I know your intentions are in the right place here, but I have two comments: 1. *You* aren't the copyright holder here. This really isn't your battle.
not even a battle, just a thought. One doesnt see many 'flagrant violations' like that for Apples - but heck that is cuz there is no market, so why bother :-)
2. The collateral damage of you pursuing this is liable to screw up the What is the Apple IIGS site and whole bunch of others that are doing good work.
I dont really see the comparison. Those sites don't SELL disk images, do they?
I think it's best if you just let this one go. It is reasonable to expend some effort to contact original copyright holders to get permission to distribute abandoned software (as I did with the entire Beagle Bros TimeOut series earlier this year), and it's reasonable to distribute it anyway after due diligence gets no response, but acting on behalf of the copyright holder (who may intentionally be letting "this stuff" go on with full unofficial knowledge but remains officially silent for legal reasons) isn't necessary.
hey I can fully see the other side, a user saying great, I can buy all these programs as disk images. Just retro-hobbyists, so let them / us enjoy!
It was just an odd thought that came up - hey will I be the last person to sell a particular program on floppy before it then shows up on cd-r on ebay? Hence my question.
But as Bill wrote - ship 'em, then it is on the next guy's conscience. Not a big deal.