I will admit that I really don't like copywright law. It's really odd
and so convoluted that most lawyers don't get it.
still, I think it makes sense, in the sense that there's a specific
and definite impetus for the games that can be pointed to, without
paying royalties.

Signed:
Dakotah Rickard

On 4/26/11, Alex Kenny <alexkenn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Whether or not the games are abandoned is not related to their
> copyright status. When code is abandoned, it does not at all mean that
> it is no longer copyrighted. For example, Windows 98, though now
> abandoned, is still copyrighted by Microsoft, and they have the right
> to decide how the code may be distributed.
>
> On 4/26/11, Hayden Presley <hdpres...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Damien,
>> I'm just curious. These games are abandoned, like several others. Yet
>> there
>> is no "copyright" on those. So why do we have to have a copyright on
>> these?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Hayden
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
>> Behalf Of Damien Pendleton
>> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 4:30 AM
>> To: Gamers Discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old Titles Removed
>>
>> Hi Alex,
>> Precisely. I feel that these games are way below my current standard now,
>> especially as regards bugs. So it's simple. I either recreate Danger City
>> on
>>
>> popular demand and completely revamp it and commercialise it under a new
>> name, but keep some of the concepts the same, or I transfer the rights to
>> somebody else.
>> Regards,
>> Damien.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Alex Kenny" <alexkenn...@gmail.com>
>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 7:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old Titles Removed
>>
>>
>>> I'm not a developer, but I think there is a reason why a developer
>>> would choose not to allow older programs to be redistributed.
>>>
>>> As Damien has previously mentioned, these older titles were written in
>>> a deprecated language by amateur developers. The code is difficult to
>>> read, update, compile and run. I believe there is probably a
>>> reputation issue. Developers don't want buggy and useless code
>>> floating around the net that they wrote. True, Damien didn't write
>>> these games, but by purchasing them, the code is now his
>>> responsibility.
>>>
>>> Another reason I've heard for developers refusing to redistribute
>>> abandonware is that, even if they don't support it, people will still
>>> contact them expecting help. If Damien did allow the games to be
>>> distributed, I have no doubt that someone would download a copy
>>> somewhere, encounter a problem, and send Damien an email saying, "Game
>>> X won't run! Help!" Even if he emphasizes in the game documentation
>>> that the games are abandonware, we've all seen first-hand that many
>>> people in the blind community do not bother reading documentation or
>>> other information that's right in front of them.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/16/11, The Addictor <kenwdow...@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> Hey Tom,
>>>> While I agree a hundred per cent, I still don't see why he's asking that
>>>> no
>>>> one else distribute the games.  I have them all, as well as other games
>>>> like
>>>> Shell Shock.  They are certainly not all that great, but to demand that
>>>> nobody else distribute them seems a bit odd.  I know they're his games,
>>>> that
>>>> he purchased them, but I don't see a reason for that.
>>>> Ken Downey
>>>> The Addictor
>>>> www.TheAddictor.com
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