Re: AppleWorks GS and reclassification

[cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2)]

Dean Jeff wrote:
<<You seem to think that reclassifying a copyrighted work is very
involved and possibly costly.  All it takes is mailing a signed and
witnessed letter to someone that states the change in status.>>

Agreed, to an extend but not fully - read on please! 

I did that (with a few other things also) with Sound Ace and the author signed
over the program and the copyright to me and 1WSW.  I have a digitized scan
jpeg of his letter to this effect also visible to view from my web site.  Yet
it is still disputed by many that I never owned the copyright to Sound Ace.  

Willie Yeo for one - has yet to make varification - yet the authors name,
address for contact and tel. number are all still valid for contact.  The
information was in the program documentation when I first made it 
available to the public as a copyright freeware - several years ago. It's
also clearly visible in the copyright transfer letter scan jpeg on my
web site.  Wille seems to want to make his varifications only by email
though, which of course is free.

BTW, dont confuse Sound Ace with the other IIgs sound file format compression
program.  The Sound Ace I had the copyright transfered
to by the author and programmer is a very nice and very unique stereo
digitizing program for the IIgs.

If you haven't ever downloaded it and checked it out -> you really should
it has some options that no other sound program and digitizer ever had,
that can really do some cool effects with a sound file.

it available on Ground and my web site.

I' ve sense released Sound Ace as public domain with src. codes.  But, it's not
listed as ever having been reclassified in any capacity on Willie's 
Treasure Chest Project web site - nor is it in the A2 Delphi Archives
library.  It seems to me like both places should have no problems with
full varification on any of the above concerning the program. (????)

This was an easy one for me.  But, it was costly involving several long
distance telephone calls by me - at my expense to obtain the transfer
of the copyright to me and 1WSW.  I never made one penny with it
either and never intended to!  So, "All it takes is mailing a signed and
witnessed letter to someone that states the change in status" is not
the only way to do it.   It can be very involved and very expensive.

I've made many efforts and have contacted others also by long distance
telephone calls as well as with email contact and with some I was
successful - as with Medley, which cost me over $50 in long distance phone
calls before I could get it reclassified from commercial to freeware status. 
With others the cost and involvement was more than I cared to deal with and
simply gave up on them.

They still remain commercial and they still are not and will not be made 
available from my web site or any other site that I have any say or control
with.

Cheers,
Tom