The email below is from Catalyst2, the web host I'm going to use for the
archive. Sounds spot on.
Gavin
"Hosting question - urgent please!
Gavin,
What you describe seems to me to fall into the category of 'abandonware':
" Games that are at least five years old and not sold by companies anymore. They
are generaly considered illegal but the copywrite has expired. Sometimes the
game company re-issues the game as a classic and then it is not abandonware
anymore. "
Our terms and conditions state:
[snip stuff about MP3s, cracks etc]
The idea that the site will be public domain and freeware software initially, is
therefore fine. And it seems reasonable to me that any authors you cannot
contact's software will be posted. The only thing that I must stress, is that
if you, or Catalyst2 receive notification by said authors that they do not want
their material online, it must be removed immeditately.
Other than that, this sounds OK.
Rob"
| Hosting question - urgent please!
Gavin,
What you describe seems to me to fall into the category of 'abandonware':
" Games that are at least five years old and not sold by companies anymore. They are generaly considered illegal but the copywrite has expired. Sometimes the game company re-issues the game as a classic and then it is not abandonware anymore. "
Our terms and conditions state:
"1. Hosting accounts provided by Catalyst2 may not be used to host material to which the user does not own the copyright to, or have prior permission from the owner of the copyright to distribute. This includes the distribution of MP3 files, software, and other pirate material.
1.1 In addition to this, the hosting account may not be used to host utilities to aid the violation of a copyright licence, such as software cracks and key generators.
1.2 Catalyst2 reserve the right to question any user as to the copyright ownership of material displayed on a user's hosting account, and reserve the right to suspend accounts if violation of copyright is suspected."
The idea that the site will be public domain and freeware software initially, is therefore fine. And it seems reasonable to me that any authors you cannot contact's software will be posted. The only thing that I must stress, is that if you, or Catalyst2 receive notification by said authors that they do not want their material online, it must be removed immeditately.
Other than that, this sounds OK.
Rob
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26 Nov 2004 10:01 PM |
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