>On Friday 08 Mar 2002 5:32 pm, you wrote: >Your sarcasm is directed at the copyright holders of old games. You're >asking them to abandon their rights and allow you to copy the game for >free. Is this not a favour? What exactly do they owe you?
Did you read my last post in response to sarcasm?!! It most definitely was NOT directed at the copyright holders of old games. >Just because you can download games for other systems, doesn't make it >legal. You mentioned JetPac, and Ultimate are one of the companies who most >viciously protect their old Spectrum games: you didn't find JetPac at World >Of Spectrum. Correct! I never said I did!!! >I think the point is that people on this list only want to point out >download sites which respect the wishes of the copyright owner. If that >wish is that some money goes to charity every time somebody gets a game, >then it's their right to say so and you should respect it too. I would if I knew what games they were referring to! >Persona negotiated with some programmers to get rights to distribute a >number of their titles, when the original publisher(s) went into >liquidation. I don't see that the situation should be any different between >these titles and the ones developed for Persona specifically. You don't? Well that's your opinion, which I will respect. Amstrad bought the rights to the Sinclair ROM - what would you say if they charged you for using that, however indirectly? What would you say if Simon Owen charged you for using SIM Coupe? >Unlike a certain other publisher who allegedly copied the same games and >sold them for money, paying no royalties to the programmer. Suffice it to >say that there is a *LOT* of history here, some very bitter memories, and I >think most of the people who were involved at the time would rather put the >circumstances behind them and not get involved with it again. Fair enough - but I don't know of *ANY* history, so forgive me. >Part of the problem is that there was so much misinformation and >half-truths spread about by a few influential people, that very few people >will ever now know exactly who owns what. To the best of my knowledge, >Persona negotiated rights to all the Enigma games, the SamCo >(original-Revelation) games, everything by Phoenix software systems, and >Exodus by Apex. I don't know who owns the Fred titles now, there was a lot >of changing-hands a few years ago, Well that's all I'm trying to find out... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
