Author: P L Patodia
Date: 02:51:42 12/11/04
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On December 10, 2004 at 11:24:51, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >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. Hi Ricardo, I perfectly agree with you. The software written by me is my property. Whether I offer it free or at cost is my decision. Just because I offer my software free, it does not give any right to others to offer it on their web site. Same is applicable to Arena. P L Patodia
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