On Friday 08 Mar 2002 6:23 pm, Fred Bloggs wrote: > Did you read my last post in response to sarcasm?!! It most definitely was > NOT directed at the copyright holders of old games.
Then who else *was* it directed at? "I know - once we've cracked how to get it up and running why don't we sell it Persona for charity purposes...." > >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!!! So why should the Sam's copyright-holders let you download their software, based on the unauthorized and illegal availability of that particular title? > >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! ANYTHING which isn't specifically made free, is copyrighted to somebody. Frankly I'm quite surprised by the number of people who don't seem to immediately realise this. > >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? I would either pay up, or I would not use it. Probably the latter, but I wouldn't go around mailing lists complaining about how stupid they were for excercising their legal rights. > What would you say if Simon Owen charged you for using SIM Coupe? I'd say "That's a breach of the GPL, Sir". Fortunately he doesn't. Andrew -- --- Andrew Collier ---- ---- http://mnemotech.ucam.org/ --- -- r<2+ T<4* cSEL dMS hEn/CB<BL A4 S+*<++ C$++L/mP W- a-- Vh+seT+ (Cantab) 1.1.4
