Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 08:24:51 12/10/04
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On December 10, 2004 at 10:52:48, K. Burcham wrote: > >What if someone goes to Roberts site and copies free files. >Takes these files to another site and offers for download to anyone for free. >Other than making a bunch of people mad, is this illegal? >what is the difference between this example and the Arena example? >Maybe you will say it depends on the exact wording covering this, but I would >think that there is kind of a standard way to manage this. There is so much >freeware on the internet. > >also why is Frank so upset about his freeware available at another site vs his >own server? I read all replies but this has not been answered. > >kburcham Just because a piece of software is offered by a site for free does not give others the right to offer it for free. Let's take an example of why this might be so. Let us say you decide to offer a given piece of software for free for the purposes of getting people to visit your site so that you can either gain advertising revenue or to induce visitors to buy other things at your site. This is a perfectly legit business scheme that would be clearly hurt if other sites decide to offer the same piece of software for free. The law can and should protect you.
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