on 28/2/01 10:30 pm, Johnna Teare at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Similarly, why not just copy World of Spectrum by publishing EVERYTHING that > wa smade for teh SAm on a website for downloads, and taking it down when > asked by the authors. You may call me disrespectful to the original authors, > but what's the point in holding hth ecopyright to software in a market where > there is no money to be made anyway? Surely better to give the whole lot > away and keep this feeble SAM scene going?
Didn't we go through this a few days ago? Maybe I'm not reporting enough info back or something to the list but basically this is what I'm trying to do at the mo: I've made up a big bastard list of all the authors, publishers etc I can get contact info about. I'm contacting them in whatever way possible (and I'm actually getting replies in most cases). I'm putting together a list of software that I have got permission to distribute, a list of software that I have got permission with certain conditions attached, and a list of software that I haven't got permission to distribute. Dave and I have already said that quite a few nice Persona titles are going to become available again (in a matter of days). You said what's the point in not dumping everything on the net when there's no money to be made, but it's not about money at all I don't think. Not everyone feels the same way, but there are a number of people who would be furious if we put their stuff up. There *will* be a library of software up very soon, I'm working on it best I can. You will see progress being made soon, trust me :) Gavin -- **************************************************************************** http://www.samcommunity.org - Paper mag for SAM owners and emulator users. Also contains Coupé info, news, mailing list help and much more to come. Last update: 27/2/01 ****************************************************************************
