Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:50:17 04/09/01
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On April 08, 2001 at 20:48:34, Terry McCracken wrote: >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 At one point you had to pay some money to get this. I never heard any news announcing that you didn't. If someone has news from Ossi or Richard Lang, please let us know. I think the burden of proof is on you though. I'm not going to consider that I have to go find out from the author before I assume that it's still commercial. bruce
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