Re: Where is the beef???

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>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.

I'm thinking of specifically AppleWorks 5 here.  First, there
is going to be a loss, however small.  Like Bev said, Mr.
Brandt still gets a royalty from AW, however small, as long
as AW is being sold by Scantron.  All this bickering about
AW vs. Asimov might drive Scantron to remove it from the
market sooner.  I've no great love for Scantron, but if this
does happen sooner than later, Mr. Brandt is going to lose
something.  Second, that's why I said "50 cents" in the
wallet, not "$100".  ;-)