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Re: Vintage Apple II commercial software and US law



Deckard wrote:
Hi,

there are more and more US websites which are offering vintage apple
II (cracked) commercial softwares (.dsk or .nib files) without the
explicit permission of the copyright holders.

What are exactly the risks if somebody in the USA upload such cracked
softwares on a server?

Just out of curiosity.

JM

Depending on the copyright owner wanting to take some action like telling the site owner to remove software, or going after the site owner, person who put it up and the persons who D/L the programs. It could cost someone hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney, court costs as well as damages. In my case I have asked site owners to remove the software and let it go, but in one case I found someone that was selling my software. That one went a little farther.

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