Re: Tarnover

[tadapope@aol.com (Tadapope)]

>Subject: Re: Tarnover
>From: Rubywand rubywand@swbell.net 
>Date: 12/8/2004 2:52 AM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <41B6DD19.33DC850D@swbell.net>
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>Mike Maginnis writes ...
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>> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
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>> >Mike Maginnis wrote:
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>> >>I asked Electronic Arts about hosting their Apple II
>> >>titles. 
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>> >As they say, forgiveness is easier to come by than permission.  ;-)
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>> >But now that you've asked, you're unlikely to receive either.
>> >
>> >-michael
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>> This is true.  Probably going to be true with most of the companies I
>> ask.  I'm waiting for a reply from Activision right now.
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>     Might take another look at the reply from EA:
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>Thank you for your interest in EA's old pre-Mac Apple products.  We
>are not, however, authorizing you to host or otherwise offer these
>games as downloads on your site, as described below.
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>     All EA really says is that they are not _authorizing_ you to distribute,
>etc. their old A2 games. There are lots of much simpler, more direct ways to
>tell you that you must not in any way distribute the games.
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>     EA could easily have its A2 stuff pulled from the free public archives
>which make it available for download. They do not do it because they _want_
>their oldies distributed as widely as possible. It's great advertising, it's
>free, and they do not have to mess with upgrades or give away any rights of
>ownership.
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>     Authorizing you to distribute their A2 games specifically gives you a
>legal right to do it and complicates their control of the products. Should EA
>ever wish to sell the rights to some game series, the company would have to
>notify you (and any other site admin to whom they had granted distribution
>rights) and let you know you no longer had the right to distribute the
>particular game series.
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>     As things stand, EA has several archives which offer EA's A2 wares for
>free download with no legal strings attached-- i.e. they just do it. Unless
>someone at EA screws up, the company isn't going to hand out distribution
>rights for the wares.
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>     Anyway, EA did not say you can't offer their oldie A2 games for download
>from Tarnover. Whether or not you do is still your choice.
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>Rubywand
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And, of course if (Mike and Jeff) you need assistance with 
any archives at all from Tarnover of 'days gone by', etc.   :)  
you can always count on me for a few CD's full
of it to put online.

Cheers & Happy Holidays!
Dr. Tom