Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 17:48:34 04/08/01
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On April 08, 2001 at 14:32:09, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On April 08, 2001 at 12:59:42, John Dahlem wrote: > >>But is it even possible anymore to purchase these programs?? If not, what is >>wrong with downloading them free? > >A couple of aspects to this: > >1) The copyright on software does not expire at the point the software comes off >the market. The copyright is held by the author and/or publishers. If you want >legal copies of the software, the "proper" thing to do is to ask them. If >someone else thinks that I am *legally* in error, please let me know. > >2) I think that most of us understand what is copyrighted software. If someone >posts a link to a place where you can download Chess Genius (any version), >expect the post to get pulled. If a post is deleted by mistake, please feel >free to argue that the owner of the page has the legal right to offer the >software for download, and if we agree with you, you'll get an apology and be >allowed to repost. > >Personally, I think that software piracy is wrong, and I don't do it. But >regardless of how I feel about it, I think I have a responsibility to Steve and >to ICD to discourage the posting of links to pirated software. > >The moderators are not paid by Steve, but we are under his auspices to some >degree. If people post links to that stuff here, and we encourage it, and Steve >does nothing to stop us from encourage it, and CCC becomes the place to go to >find out about bootleg software, Steve might have some legal liability. > >So please obey the law here, and do not encourage others to break it. > >buce Bruce do we in fact know this is pirated software? Or could it be "Freeware" at this time? Terry McCracken
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