Re: Apple II Reference Manual ("Red Book")

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

This is an interesting discussion!

Section 504 of the Copyright Act may be of some interest.  This allows a
copyright holder whose work has been illegally copied to elect statutory
damages (which may range between $500 and $100,000 for a registered work),
instead of actual damages.  Attorney's fees may also be recovered.


Paul Schlyter wrote in message <8dbnto$m6q$1@merope.saaf.se>...

>Also: suppose your copyrighted work is some 20+ years old, and that
>it lost all its commercial value some 10+ years ago and it would be
>very unlikely to ever regain any commercial value.  Also suppose that
>if someone would approach you with a request of buying your work,
>then your response would be "Sorry, but we no longer sell that
>stuff!"  (if someone would ask Apple Computer about buying some Apple
>II stuff, a response along these lines would be likely).  Given these
>circumstances, suppose someone "illegally" made copies of your work,
>and you later learnt about it.  There would be no economic damage to
>you since you no longer sold your work.  Would you still bother to
>sue?
>
>In short: do you defend copyrights because they are of some real
>value?  Or do you defend it as a principle in absurdum, even in
>those cases where the copyright has lost all its value?