Re: A time for action...

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

But Jeff, you can't sue unless there is a law violated. There must be a legal
basis for the suit. If (in reference to another post) the Feds won't prosecute
unless the theft of software exceeds $1000, doesn't mean that taking a $100 piece
of software isn't theft. It only means that the copyright owner can't count on the
Feds unilaterally defending his/her rights.

Roy

Rubywand wrote:

> Frank Townsend writes ...
> >
> > But how do you explain things like this?
> >
> > http://www.mtn.org/~jbipes/mac-sw.html
> >
>  ....
>
>      Easy. First, you will notice that the threat was not arrest. The threat
> was a civil suit. The site was evidently distributing copyrighted Mac material
> having commercial value or the distribution was negatively impacting the
> commercial value of current versions.
>
>      What the above link establishes is that rights owners can and will act
> when there is a reason to.
>
> Rubywand