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Subject: 
Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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Date: 
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:33:47 GMT
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To summarize:
- scans are NOT shareware
- TLG has not relinquished any property rights
- If we want this tremendous resource to continue to be available
  then we must not abuse it (i.e. don't SELL it!).

Hear Hear! This is one area where we LIKE what TLG has done, please
please PLEASE let's not upset the apple cart. Those euro sellers need to
be gone after or they're going to wreck it for all of us.

While I certainly agree with the above, it can't be assumed that the Euro
sellers got the scans from Kevin's site. They may well have created the scans
themselves. As anyone who knows a thing or two about the pirated software
underground, there are many many ways to circumvent copyright laws including:

(1) Uploading to newsgroups.
(2) "Temporary" ftp sites.
(3) IRC channels.
(4) CDs
(5) Web sites in countries that don't enforce.

Any attempt by TLG to close Kevin's site will lead to the use or increased use
of other methods. having the scans centralized in one place at least allows
TLG to monitor their quality.



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
 
I agree with you but I would hasten to point out that we nevertheless should help protect the brand if we can. TLG may well throw the baby out with the bathwater and come after Kev in a misguided attempt to shut others down. We know well that there (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
 
(...) true. (...) What do you mean my "monitor quality?" I think "observe activity" would be a better choice of words. It also allows them the opportunity to use the resource themselves. It would take them an enormous effort and expense to create an (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
 
(...) Agreed. (...) Hear Hear! This is one area where we LIKE what TLG has done, please please PLEASE let's not upset the apple cart. Those euro sellers need to be gone after or they're going to wreck it for all of us. (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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