Re: negativity?

[bjbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)]

In article <bjbear-ya023680000604970417320001@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net>,
bjbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin) wrote:

> In article <01bc41ee$8ce87e00$2c880fcf@chesster.pcl.net>, "Jason Whorton"
> <chesster@pcl.net> wrote:
> 
> > Sir, I must question your statement concerning negativity, since you had
> > earlier in the same day posted a message advising another reader of this
> > newsgroup that you would "copy" the IIc disks for him.  Does "illegal
> > pirating" not constitute negativity?  Other readers, what is your opinion
> > on this particular topic?  Thank you. 
> 
> If it's ME you're talking to, (and I happen to be a woman), what I am doing
> is not pirating in any sense.  Plenty of people like myself have managed to
> get Apple //c's and the like in thrift stores and otherwise non-computer
> places.  You *cannot* buy the original disks that came bundled with an
> Apple //c from Apple Computer anymore.  If you could, I would not be
> offering to do this for others.  I offer to copy the disks for folks for a
> fee of $5.00 if they send me a disk mailer that will hold 4-5 disks and
> postage to cover mailing the disks back to them.  I do not even charge for
> the floppy disks!
> 
> So in answer to your question, sorry, but as far as I am concerned, I am
> NOT guilty of "illegally pirating" the original //c system disks.

A P.S. to this post:  in case any of you think that I should not be
charging anything for doing this service, the $5.00 breaks down as follows:

1.  Approx. 15 min. of my time do copy and label the disks for mailing.

2.  Because I live in a semi-rural area, I then have to take the disk
mailer to the post office box some distance away.

3.  Most new users of Apple //'s do not yet have the 5.25 floppy disks to
send me for this process, so I am using my own collection of disks to
perform this service.

Taking all three of the above into consideration, the fee works out to just
about $1.00 per disk.  It should be obvious to anyone that I am not making
a living nor profit off this.

--bj
Apple //--///--Macintosh user/supporter/collector