Re: What about an Apple Gamebase ?

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <gwi8d.1167$Lk3.15@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>,
Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Rubywand" <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message
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>>      Took years of wrangling before we agreed that, okay, downloading Wavy
>> Navy, Sneakers, Copy II Plus, Ultima III, Appleworks, Music Studio,
>Dungeon
>> Master, ... is not software piracy.
>
>For the sake of accuracy, let's establish some facts:
>
>1.) Current copyright laws grant holders amazing lengths of time to protect
>their assets, and guarantees avenues of remedy when their rights
>(entitlements) are violated.

True.

>2.) Copying copyrighted media without the publisher's/author's permission is
>theft, unless a license or agreement states it's OK to do so.

False.  Aside from the various exceptions to copyright, copyright infringement
is not theft.  Theft is typically a state misdemeanor; copyright
infringement is a Federal tort making one liable for damages of
$100,000 per infringement, and in many cases a Federal felony.

>3.) Most of the software that is downloaded, was at one time, commercially
>sold product, with copyrights intact. Also, the anti-copying protections
>originally placed on said software were circumvented specifically for the
>purpose of illegally distibuting the "cracked" version of the product.

The first statement is true.  The second statement can only be
deemed to be true in the case of software with pirate splash
screens, and which is known to have been copy protected.  In other
cases, the copying protections may have been originally circumvented
for other reasons.