John Sadler wrote:-
Copyright was introduced so that the author could get a reasonable
recompense for his/hers efforts.
Of course when the lawyers have finished it all becomes unreasonable!
However that does not change the moral ideas behind copyright.
It seems totally unreasonable to me that people should be denighed the use
of an item because the authors have lost interest or just want to be to be
awkward.
Perhaps a little application of moral copyright would be the solution
provided of course there is no commercial benefit to anyone else besides
the
author(s).
Well, I wouldnt really agree with this, although I don't see the point of
certain authors being awkward either. Having said that, should an author
not want his work distributed, then thats that - it is his after all.
Moral copyright is all very well, until someone gets their solicitor onto
you. Just because you're giving it away for free doesnt make it right.
Cheers,
Darren.
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