Re: Weasel

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>]

On 6/5/09 8:53 AM, in article
977ef4f2-f7d4-4c6b-b737-0f3543d482ba@n21g2000vba.googlegroups.com, "tom"
<tombaker17@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 4, 1:32�am, PZ <skierp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Its not like he dug a defunct site out of the depths of the Wayback
>> Machine Internet Archive, and casually omitted the copyright notice.
>> This is a blatant act of swiping an actively maintained site, the
>> intent became clear once he put his name in place of yours. I agree
>> with the above posters, go after the host first, that should be the
>> easiest to access, then pursue more drastic measures, if that doesn't
>> work. �I don't think its selfish at all to want to protect something
>> that you care about. �This was and still is your baby.
>> 
>> - Paul
> 
> I agree.
> 
> This experience echoes that of me and some other faq maintainers from
> way back (I used to maintain different ones, among them the
> comp.emulator.apple2 faq).  In violation of the copyright notices,
> some company just scooped up all the faqs and started selling them on
> cd.  A bunch of the faq volunteers quit, since it was so easy for
> their work to be taken.)
> 
> Abraham Lincoln made a reference to people "wringing their bread from
> the sweat of other men's faces" in his second inauguration -- that
> seems to apply here.  You put up the content, you did the work, they
> swiped it, put their name on it, and seek to profit by it.  Those who
> suggest this might be a good thing are ignoring the fact that this is
> wrong wrong wrong and illegal.  No way should someone be encouraged to
> profit from this kind of theft.
> 
> You also note that the straightforward legal procedures would involve
> expensive lawsuits, a step you haven't taken yet.  I would proceed
> with the actions with the isp host, and I think you can count of
> support from some members of this forum.
> 

This reminds me of a recent incident in the TI-99 community. A guy recently
wrote a game called "Neverlander". It was available as a free download.

Someone else put up versions on eBay on cartridge for auction without asking
permission.

The original author would not have minded if he'd put them on cartridge if
he only charged for the expense of the cartridge and time & effort required
to do such.

This happened sometime last month, and I don't think there has been a
resolution. I don't remember what happened on the ebay auction.