I don't think that's needed. The point is. There is no need for the rabid attitude many people who have no stake in the issue finically, as they are only a hobbyist and not a member of the company in question, sometimes show about copyright. I.E. physically accosting somebody for their unqualified perceptions of copyright law, like at the convention I used as an example. When a company's are gone for decades and there is nobody left to represent them or to even take any legal action. There is no need to study copyright law. In many cases it's not worth the money for a company to go after 2 guys for downloading some gamebox to play with for fun. Or even creating that game box to begin with.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joel Uckelman Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CBML] Re: Avalanche Games Thus spake "Battlegroup": > Yes it's the motivation. Sure even if you can't make any more money on > something you can protect it. But that protection can cost money in legal > fees. The example of the GI Joe PC game was an example where even though the > maker of the game was distributing it for free. Hasbro did not like that. > Nobody exactly knows why, and the argument was made that the game was > helping promotion of the GI Joe franchise. The game would not have harmed > Hasbro financially, and I agree it would have helped promotion. Hasbro had > its position and that was it. It doesn't have to make sense to users of that > mod. Sometimes though these copyright things go to far though. At a retro > video game console convention and patron was thrown out physically for > having a copy of a 30 year Atari 2600 game from a 3rd party software company > that was out of business right after making that program circa 1981. The > company totally non-existent, the writer of the program deceased and yet > these kids bounced some guy like he was a drunk in a bar out of a convention > hall. It was ridiculous. Not it wasn't me. LOL. I observed the altercation > first hand and was mortified. Way out of line. > If you're in the US, perhaps writing your representative and senators about the ill effects of current copyright law would be a good idea? -- J. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
