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Re: Vintage Apple II commercial software and US law



MdntTrain wrote:
On Aug 1, 4:51 pm, Steven Lichter <diespamm...@ikillspammers.com>
wrote:
It could cost someone hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney, court
costs as well as damages.

Honestly, wouldn't it cost way more to go AFTER them, assuming you
could ever even collect?  PLus you'd have to go after them in their
state, am I right?

Also out of curiousity, why would someone give a hoot about protecting
*vintage* software -- say from the 1980's?   Why would someone NOT
want to just let it go freeware for the sake of good community?

~ J

It really is not that hard, there are both Federal and International laws in place. I belong to the Software Publishers of America and they have legal staff that handle most cases. In the one case I went after someone, he told me to go stuff it, well I really did not get must out of it, but it did bring the world onto him. It is up to the copyright owner if the feel it is worth the work, even on old programs, movie and record companies protect their right, if you don't then you lose the right to them

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