Re: Programming the Apple IIe via the cassette in

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

Sorry for the top-posting but this is brief.

You have made my point very well. There ain't no money in it,
so therefore, why should Apple care if we keep the Apple II
alive with a few simple products, mods, varations in what is
already a dying computer to make our hobby a bit more fun.
If the income vs. entertainment question is the problem, then
why would Apple Corp. lawyers bother. There is no money
to be made here, by them OR us. Point taken and case closed.

Thank you,

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com

> You apparently don't understand lawyers or business.
>
> Lawyers are paid to care.  They do care, because that's how they make
> money.  But they aren't going to send out a Cease and Desist letter
> unless they notice, and they're not being paid to sniff around Usenet
> groups looking for people to pounce on.  However, if something is
> brought to their attention, you can believe that a C&D will be sent.
>
> This also has *nothing* to do with whether the vendor cares enough to
> continue making the product.  That decision is based on how much profit
> it generates.  Sure, they could sell a few thousand new Apple II
> computers every year if they brought it back.  But for the same
> resources that would require, they can build new products instead, that
> will sell hundreds of thousands of units and thus bring in a profit
> rather than a loss.  It's a simple matter of ROI (Return On Investment).
> The fact that you *could* sell something doesn't mean that you would
> make any money on it, or that you wouldn't make more money doing
> something else instead.
>
> The real problem is that copyright law as it currently exists in the
> US fails in its mission "To promote the Progress of Science and useful
> Arts", in that the copyright term is so long that most works will no
> longer exist by the time they are elgible to enter the public domain.
> And thanks to the brain-damaged Supreme Court decision in the Eldred
> case, Congress can continue to extend the term of copyright indefinitely
> (and even retroactively).


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