[Coco] [Color Computer] Ira's Archive (trs-80.com) Available For Download

[James Hrubik]

On Jun 21, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Wednesday 20 June 2007, Hex Star wrote:
>> Hello, I have collected a good amount of Ira's archive (and am  
>> actively
>> working on collecting what parts of his archive I still don't  
>> have) and am
>> putting it online for everyone to enjoy. There is no bandwidth  
>> limit, server
>> access is free and the server is up 24/7. To login to my server  
>> you need to
>> use the KDX client (for more information on KDX including client  
>> download
>> links go here: http://www.haxial.com/products/kdx/) with the  
>> following
>> information:
>>
>>
>
> I've more or less stayed out of this till now, but AISI, this is a  
> more
> blatant copyright violation than anything else we've ever done in  
> this group
> under the guise of "Preserving history".  Ira has made it plain  
> that *you* do
> NOT have permission, and that should be as far as it goes.  If any  
> of my work
> is in that collection (and I do not know, but its possible since I did
> write/re-write some useful tools for os9), consider this as a Cease  
> and
> Desist notice.
>
> Considering that it supposedly takes kdx to access this, and that a  
> legal copy
> of kdx is $30, I consider this just another spam by a wannabe  
> spammer.  Cease
> and Desist this activity also.
>
> -- 
> Cheers, Gene
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> <wli> sleep is such a waste of time

Sounds right on to me, Gene.  I'm not a big fan of expanded  
copyrights, but the law is the law and Hex Star's trolling for  
support within the CoCo Community could have some unpleasant  
ramifications if an author got a tick under his skin.

Dennis -- any comment? What is the liability of a mail list server if  
it allows advertising of illegal activities?  I raise the question  
because Ira has already made HIS wishes known, and Gene has spoken  
for HIS creations (in the event they are in Ira's collection).  A  
suit can be brought by any attorney on a fishing expedition, but have  
there been any similar cases adjudicated that you know of?

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