Re: A89: Me distributing roms
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Re: A89: Me distributing roms
You can copyright a directory structure?
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Adam Davis" <adavis@ubasics.com>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: A89: Me distributing roms
>
> That is not the case. There are international agreements, certianly,
> but there are MANY countries which don't participate in those
> agreements. If they choose not to, there is nothing we can do.
>
> However, most of the industrialized countries who want to import to
> america are forced into such agreements, thus, many countries do follow
> (loosely) certian world-wide copyright laws, and they will try those who
> break those laws.
>
> To discuss the TI roms on their site:
>
> The reason they don't like others distributing them is that they can't
> gurantee that the receiver will see and agree to the end-user
> agreement. When you get it off their site you agree to certian terms,
> which preclude redistribution, among other things.
>
> Many are saying that once somthing is placed on the internet, it is
> public domain. THAT VIEW IS COMPLETELY FALSE. Do not even try to argue
> that when a person connects their computer to the internet and serves
> information from it, that everything on it is public domain. The server
> is theirs, and they hold the copyright to everything on it, down to the
> directory structure, excepting info and software that may have come from
> another entity. If they state "The following file is available for
> owners of our product yyyzzz, any and all other use is forbidden." Then
> you are legally obligated, according to the laws under which you reside,
> to abide by the right of the copyright holder to make that statement,
> and you must follow it (otherwise you are undertaking a blatantly
> criminal act).
>
> If someone in lower garantula, where copyright laws do not apply,
> downloads the info and uses it to cause murder and mayhem, oh well. If
> they provide it on their site for others to download without stating
> such restrictions, then others who have similar laws can do the same as
> them. HOWEVER, you, in a country which DOES have copyright laws, CANNOT
> legaly download and use that info, because EVEN THOUGH YOU GOT IT FROM A
> DIFFERENT SITE, THE ORIGINAL COMPANY STILL OWNS THE RIGHT TO ALL COPIES
> IN YOUR COUNTRY, WHICH DOES HAVE COPYRIGHT LAWS.
>
> Now, I hope this clarifies a few things for some of you.
>
> Feel free to end this thread at any time.
>
> -Adam
>
> Serial wrote:
> >
> > The law is not the law. On the internet your NOT UNDER LAWS. I mean god
> > dammit, if you need so much example, what if you live in austrillia, and
> > what if austrillia said we dont enforce internet laws. How the hell would
> > you be breaking a law!
>
>
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