Re: [SWCollect] Chris?

2004-03-27 Thread BL
It bothers me too, it's horrible. I'm certain that he must be breaking at least a handfull of copyright laws, but as far as the item he is selling, as far as being legal auctions on ebay, the loop hole is that it has his "front end" which he can claim as what is actually for sale, and the

Re: [SWCollect] Chris?

2004-03-27 Thread C.E. Forman
Tom, I hope I didn't give you the impression that I don't care at all about stuff like this. It bugs me too when people charge money for games that abandonware sites have for free download (which the sites themselves probably shouldn't, but that's a whole other discussion that I think

Re: [SWCollect] Chris?

2004-03-27 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 03/27/2004 11:28:34 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Although what this guy is doing isn't legal, he's not fooling anyone (or even trying) about what he is offerring, and there are too many others doing the same thing. Oh well I don't agree with that, I

Re: [SWCollect] Chris?

2004-03-27 Thread BL
Not a bad idea (was considering it myself), find out what is going on "after the sale". But is it really "legal" to sell a game even if it IS abandonware? I thought ebay did not allow ANY sort of CDR? Maybe he gets around it with the GRTech Software "Label"? Well, that's the

[SWCollect] Video Game Invasion

2004-03-27 Thread Jim Leonard
Okay, the documentary that everyone missed is online here: ftp.mindcandydvd.com:/pub/misc There is a modem-bitrate version and an ISDN-bitrate version. I will be taking these offline in a week so please snag them now. (BTW I'm going on vacation Sunday - Wednesday so I may not be contactable

RE: [SWCollect] OT Light Sweet Crude

2004-03-27 Thread Josh Lulewicz
Tom, The oil industry classifies crude by the location of its origin (e.g., western Texas or Brent) and often by its relative weight or viscosity (light, intermediate or heavy); drillers may also refer to it as sweet, which means it contains relatively little sulfur (in the form of the