Re: CD of all Files on Asimov

[elfu551@srv0.law.ed.ac.uk (Jules)]

In article <51aopl$66b@darla.visi.com>, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:
]
]   God, save the internet from people who took basic law classes in
]High School or college and think they're experts now. Your argument is
]so full of holes it's fun thinking of ways to begin.  But, I wouldn't
]expect anything less from people who'll try and do anything to save a
]sinking ship.
]
]   Your argument is perfectly fine when talking about real estate.
]Unfortunately, software is INTELLECTUAL property, and thus falls under
]copyright law, not adverse posession. Therefore, let's take a look at
]the usenet Copyright FAQ at
]http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/mirrors/faq/copyright/faq/   shall we?
]
]   First, copyrights last authors lifetime PLUS 50 years. Therefore,
]unless otherwise stated, all software at Asimov that was originally
]sold is still copyrighted. Secondly, lack of enforcement does not make
]a copyright expire. I quote from the copyright FAQ, part II:
]
]***unnecessary pseudo-legalistic smokescreen deleted***

Mister Mates,

For someone who complains about (quote)'people who took basic law classes in
High School or college and think they're experts now'(end quote), you seem to 
have done the same by referring to this 'legal' FAQ.  I would like to inform 
(again) you and the world at large that no matter what the duration of the 
copyright or type of material copyrighted, it is ONLY enforeceable by ONE 
person: the copyright holder.  So, until you either:

(a)find a program on asimov that you ARE the copyright holder OF, or

(b)have been assigned that right by the said legitimate copyright holder via 
signed and duly witnessed disposition,

you are merely complaining about things which in my opinion ONLY the actual, 
legally legitimate copyright holders of such software should be the ONLY ONES 
concerned with.  Your statement of that FAQ merely shows that you are using 
what little you know of law (obviously garnered off the internet no less :-) ) 
to hide and cloud over the very issue that is at the heart of this matter, 
which you obviously have not answered in my previous posting.

In my opinion, sir, if you WANT to make a REAL statement (as I have already 
stated in my previous post), get in touch with the ACTUAL copyright owners and 
ASK THEM IF THEY want to do anything about it INSTEAD of:

(a)continuing your obsessive paranoia and attention-seeking habit regarding 
old software copyrights, which you do not own, on asimov, and

(b)taking up bandwidth with your incessant rants (amusing*barely* though they 
may be).


Regards

J.Ho
Edinburgh University
Faculty of Law