Re: Tarnover

[Mike Maginnis <maginnis@tarnover.org>]

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:52:52 GMT, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>Mike Maginnis writes ...
>> 
>> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>> 
>> >Mike Maginnis wrote:
>> >

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> ....
>
>     Might take another look at the reply from EA:
>
>>>
>Thank you for your interest in EA's old pre-Mac Apple products.  We
>are not, however, authorizing you to host or otherwise offer these
>games as downloads on your site, as described below.
><<
>
>     All EA really says is that they are not _authorizing_ you to distribute,
>etc. their old A2 games. There are lots of much simpler, more direct ways to
>tell you that you must not in any way distribute the games.
>
>     EA could easily have its A2 stuff pulled from the free public archives
>which make it available for download. They do not do it because they _want_
>their oldies distributed as widely as possible. It's great advertising, it's
>free, and they do not have to mess with upgrades or give away any rights of
>ownership.
>
>     Authorizing you to distribute their A2 games specifically gives you a
>legal right to do it and complicates their control of the products. Should EA
>ever wish to sell the rights to some game series, the company would have to
>notify you (and any other site admin to whom they had granted distribution
>rights) and let you know you no longer had the right to distribute the
>particular game series.
>
>     As things stand, EA has several archives which offer EA's A2 wares for
>free download with no legal strings attached-- i.e. they just do it. Unless
>someone at EA screws up, the company isn't going to hand out distribution
>rights for the wares.
>
>
>     Anyway, EA did not say you can't offer their oldie A2 games for download
>from Tarnover. Whether or not you do is still your choice.
>
>
>
>Rubywand

Interesting points.  Perhaps I should follow up with them for
clarification.  Regardless of the outcome, I still intend to ask
before posting anything for download. It worked for the Computist
scans.

- Mike
maginnis@tarnover.org
http://tarnover.org