This approach seems quite reasonable to me. The scaling price should likely also be tied to the profits an entity already made from a particular product. Therefore a large corporation making a lot of money from a product would be hit with a large fee, but a smaller company would be charged less. This would hopefully even out the playing field a bit.
While I have fundamental issues with copyright law as it exists in the US, I have to actually agree with your stance on this issue. If they are no longer making and actively seeking profit from an application, then it should be up for grabs. However, when the maker is still selling and profiting from it, then someone who is actively pirating software for his own profit should be prosecuted.
I agree about Apple products being hit or miss for accessibility to components. I have a PowerBook G4 550 that I replaced the hard disk in a couple years ago and it was a simple exercise. This weekend, however, I had to remove the hard disk from an iBook and it was a nightmare!
Can't help but laugh at the poor unsuspecting cat as he roams and looks around, then to suddenly realize he is getting a bathing he otherwise would normally not be having.
I do worry about the stress on the poor cat and what it did to his longevity!
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This approach seems quite reasonable to me. The scaling price should likely also be tied to the profits an entity already made from a particular product. Therefore a large corporation making a lot of money from a product would be hit with a large fee, but a smaller company would be charged less. This would hopefully even out the playing field a bit.
While I have fundamental issues with copyright law as it exists in the US, I have to actually agree with your stance on this issue. If they are no longer making and actively seeking profit from an application, then it should be up for grabs. However, when the maker is still selling and profiting from it, then someone who is actively pirating software for his own profit should be prosecuted.
I agree about Apple products being hit or miss for accessibility to components. I have a PowerBook G4 550 that I replaced the hard disk in a couple years ago and it was a simple exercise. This weekend, however, I had to remove the hard disk from an iBook and it was a nightmare!
Can't help but laugh at the poor unsuspecting cat as he roams and looks around, then to suddenly realize he is getting a bathing he otherwise would normally not be having.
I do worry about the stress on the poor cat and what it did to his longevity!