Re: My Website Has Been Taken Down

[Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Bill Buckels wrote:

> "Polymorph" <polymorph@a2central.com.remove-snp-this> wrote:
>
> > I regretfully wish to inform you that I have taken down my entire Apple II
> > site (http://apple2.sytes.net/) due to recently receiving an email from
> > Vince M. Cooper (the original author of TML/Complete Pascal) threatening
> > legal action against me for offering TML Pascal/Complete Pascal items for
> > download from my website. This includes the manual that I translated from
> > French.
>
> This seems excessive. I am sorry you couldn't find time to edit the pages
> that reference Mr. Cooper's literary work.
>
> Also in Canada the product itself can be copied for research and private
> study without the permission of the copyright holder.  My rights to obtain
> this for reasearch and private study have now been violated unless Mr.
> Cooper makes this immediately available to me for this purpose as you did.
You're badly confused about copyrights.  Some of what you write sounds 
like you are talking about patents, which indeed do protect the inventor
but allow the information to be out there.

You have absolutely no right to someone's copyrighted work, whether it's
in Canada or anywhere else.

   Michael