Re: Where is the beef???

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Supertimer writes ...

 ....
 
> If there is a wallet on a table and someone takes it from in
> front of the owner and gives it to a third party and the third
> party says "hey, there's only 50 cents in here and I don't see
> the owner coming to claim it, so I'll keep it" some people
> might call the police.  Others might confront the third party
> and demand the wallet be given back to the owner.  Still
> others might inform the owner.
> 
> Just because the wallet is not ones own, if one sees such
> an act happening, many of us would be moved to action.
> Some others might say "it is the owner's responsibility."
> Willie is in the former group and it is a very noble stance.


     The problem with your analogy is that it asserts a loss on the part
of the owner. In the case of oldie game software and, really, Appleworks
5, there appears to be no loss involved. Indeed, quite the opposite
seems true. Such situations serve to illustrate the wisdom behind our
copyright laws.




Rubywand