> Van: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Copyrights still apply? > Datum: Sunday, October 11, 1998 4:50
> AFAIK the Spectrum version has been released as PD on the Internet via > Ian Bell (as well as the others), but the copyright also belongs to > David Braben, who (despite the rave reviews of V2000 ;) is notoriously > protective about his work. > > I really wonder how it does stand with regards to him? Technically, as > the SAM version is only a patched Speccy one, it could be okay ... but > it is a funny position. But the patched version on the Sam can't be called PD, right? Mr. Brenchley wrote in publice that he sold it as being a so-called official copyrighted version. You still need permission from the copyright holders or a license to sell a patched Sam-version. Selling a Sam version of Elite in a Amstrad box just because you have to happen to have a large stock of Amstrad versions does not make it a legal version. Unless you have a permission or bought a license to sell it in this way, something of wich I have my doubts as usual. > Full versions of the Amstrad game were purchased on the open market. > The discs (3 inch) or tapes were then scrapped and replaced with SAM > discs. In this way there was no defrauding of the original copyright > owner. Just a reminder, your words Bob.... You wrote this in a public forum, not a smart move, it was better if you had kept it silent. But that is to late now. -- Robert van der Veeke, aka RJV Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Currently listening to : Saving Private Ryan
