[Coco] Copyrighted ROM's

rietveld rietveld rietveldh at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 14 10:30:49 EST 2018


As an Englsh major in University I must point out that by definition a euphenism is a word that is used in place of one that is harsh or offensive.
Substituting  "actually" for "technically" does not seem to meet that definition as neither of these words would be considered offensive in any manner of context.

Your suggestion that the word "actually" is better placed in this question is highly debatable as "technically" defines the exact rules and facts.  It is definatley factual that copyright ownership as a whole is a definable fact.

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From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> on behalf of tim lindner <tlindner at macmess.org>
Sent: November 14, 2018 10:03 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Copyrighted ROM's

In Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 4:44 AM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
> My dilemma is how to provide this to cocoflash owners since the ROM PAK games are technically copyrighted

I think 'technically' is one of the funniest euphemisms I've seen in a
long time. It must have been a typo. The word you meant to type in
'actually'.

> I was thinking of including a disclaimer that says that 'the user of these backup ROM'S is doing so with the understanding that he/she already owns a purchased commercial copy of said ROM PAK
>
> What do you think?

Call your congress-person and tell them copyright last too long on
software. Life+70 is a joke that isn't funny. I'd shoot for 5 years
tops.

Disclaimers:
1. I do write software professionally.
2. I do have other people's copyrighted ROMs on my website.

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