Mark Benson writes: >On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 04:10 AM, the pickle wrote: > >> At 07:51 -0500 on 25/03/02, Eagle wrote: >> >>> I googled for that and found it at MacFixIt.com - I've gotta bookmark >>> that site and look through the rest of their system utilities. >> >> Good luck finding anything in their PAY FOR ACCESS ARCHIVES... bastards >> did >> that after several years of free contributions from users. Not that I >> really have much room to bitch; I didn't ever contribute anything. But >> by >> golly, if I had, I'd be all about enforcing my copyright on the material >> and preventing them from using it. > >Although I never found it until too late, I find it kinda dishonest >charging to access stuff people chipped in for free, after all Dan pays >people to write for LEM and doesn't make it compulsory to pay. If I had >contributed a significant amount of stuff to MacFixIt I'd start asking >for royalties, 5 cents per access per item, if you had a lot on there >you'd be raking it in :).
Here's a suggestion: Copyright law states that you own whatever your write unless it's done as "work for hire" or you've otherwise given away your rights. If you and others who have contributed a significant amount to MacFixIt would like to make your material available elsewhere, I'm sure Low End Mac could create space for it.... Just a thought. Dan Knight, president /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Cobweb Publishing, Inc. \ / No HTML/RTF in email http://cobwebpublishing.com X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! <http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/9910/27.deb.shtml> -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
