Re: Best of Music Studio

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <1114049654.992629@irys.nyx.net>,
Kirk Mitchell  <kmitchel@nyx.net> wrote:
>aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
>: US$50.00 
>
>: shareware, public domain, and freeware 
>
>>Time In A Bottle is a two-disc CD-ROM compilation.
>
>It's categorized, alphabetized, and has great descriptions of the files.
>Lots of files.  Tens of thousands of files.  Apple II files.  All in one
>place.
>
>If that's not worth $50 to you, then by all means, find, download and
>organize those tens of thousands of files yourself.  B-{)

This is a "gray" area that I hope does not generate much discussion, but I
hope people do contemplate some issues in their own minds, in silence.

A problem with large collections is that someone has put a lot of time
into the project, hopefully with some financial return.  In turn, a lot,
if not most, public domain, freeware, and shareware titles assume that the
software will be distributed for minimal charge, not to exceed the cost of
the media/shipping.

So, is $50 a reasonable fee for the media?

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)