Re: Asimov Mirror Sites Access Information

[ljsilicon@aol.comSpamSUX (R.A.Guy)]

The "DEAN" wrote...

>Piracy is pushing developers away and without new development, the
>platform will die.

Can we count the number of developers on more than two hands? Dean, the
platform has been abandoned by those who aren't hobbyists.

>Without piracy, developers will remain and the
>platform will continue to live and grow.

Beside the obvious software development for use on the Internet (slow and
devoid of most Internet/web goodies), what else has been developed of late?
SuperConvert 4 is the last that comes to mind. Bought it!

>For someone who already bought all the software they want you sure
>seem to get upset when anyone happens to point out when a site is
>illegally distributing software.  If you have all the software you
>want, why do you care if it is available or not?

Because I would like to see the Apple IIs continued use. Locking up the
resources for people who have moved on and don't care about their software is
limiting access to newbies. Yes, there is a used software market, but that
doesn't mean that every title is readily available.

>By the way, the copyright holders did ask to be protected when they
>copyrighted their work.
>

That's not so. With the change in the law, the government automatically grants
the developer automatic copyright protection.

>By the way, are you insinuating that the federal
>government's protection of people who don't ask to be protected is a
>bad thing?

In may ways, YES! Every time the government protect "us" it comes back to us in
higher prices. Look at your food labels! How about cigarettes? (I don't smoke
but if you're dumb enough to do so, why should the govt get involved?) TV
ratings, movie ratings, software ratings, CD ratings... Man, can no one take
responsibility for themself or their actions? Oh well, that's another story.

LJSilicon

P.S. Sorry Q_C, your response filled with sexual overtones is still filtered so
write all you want; you're wasting your time!


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