Re: Where is the beef???

[CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sat, 5 Sep 1998 15:20:25 -0500, nojunkhattonr@aug.com (Rick) wrote:

>Jeff Blakeney <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net> wrote:
>
>> The copyright holders have already place that "cease and desist"
>> request on their material when they copyrighted it.  For example, here
>> is the copyright info from Accolade's Space Station software for the
>> Apple II:
>
>This is simply not true for all copyrighted material. There is a lot fo
>copyright material that is freely copyable. The mere fatc of copyright
>does not preclude copying. A "no-copy" statement is necessary. Some
>software has it. Some doesnt.

Yes, I realize that.  This is why I sometimes use the term
"commercial" and often say "most of the software on asimov" in my
posts.  I'm generalizing but I figured everyone would understand that
by now.

Yes, shareware and freeware are copyrighted works that usually don't
have distribution restrictions on them.  However, some do have
restrictions.

No one is complaining about asimov making stuff available that it is
allowed to.  I know I am only complaining about the commercial
software and any other software that has distribution restrictions
which is being made available illegally on asimov.  Commercial
software, at least all of the ones that I've looked at the copyright
for, have had severe distribution restrictions on them like the
example I used in my previous post.

I don't mind the idea of someone archiving all the old software, but I
do mind when they make it freely available to the entire world which
is against the law.

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