I am of the opinion that copyright on all software should expire after three years. At the end of those three years, the original copyright owner(if they even exist anymore) should be able to renew the copyright for a marginal fee, up to a maximum of 15 years. This would mean that as long as the company was actively interested in maintaining ownership of the software they would be able to, but that once they stopped caring it would be legal for the game to be distributed on abandonware sites.
Incidentally, I totally support the illegal operation of abandonware sites now, and even of warez servers(potential flamebait).
*If I made a game, even if I wasn't selling it, I *wouldn't want others to have it just because *they could get it ...
*Making money isn't the only reason for making *games.
If you weren't planning to sell the game, why wouldn't you want other people to have free access to it? That strikes me as nothing more than selfishness and ignorance(not truly meant to be a flame).
Money is not the only reason to make a game, but if you take away the money aspect, you've taken away every reason to not distribute it fo free.
I am a writer and when I write something I do it for two reasons. The first is that I hope someone will read it and enjoy it, and a distant second is that I hope to get paid for it. If I wasn't planning to sell a piece of my writing I would(and am) be more than happy to distribute it for free.
Unless, of course, Michael Hodges is the one who made the charts...
Btw, it also seemed to me the author was pretty neutral on the topic of warez(I would go as far as to say that he was in favour of them, but was trying to be objective).
That game was so awesome. I still have dreams about that damn room where you had to put the tones in the right order(i'm half tone deaf).
By the way, the best C64 game of all time...
Jumpman!
Honestly though, why bother. I'd much rather emulate Win on Linux than vice-versa anyways. As the quote goes: "Let sleeping Dogs Die". I got that right, didn't I?
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
When will these people stop bitching about their intellectual property?
Company: I want my candy!!
Me: Listen, you still have your candy, they just have some too now...
Company: boohoo
...at least the way it is now.
I am of the opinion that copyright on all software should expire after three years. At the end of those three years, the original copyright owner(if they even exist anymore) should be able to renew the copyright for a marginal fee, up to a maximum of 15 years. This would mean that as long as the company was actively interested in maintaining ownership of the software they would be able to, but that once they stopped caring it would be legal for the game to be distributed on abandonware sites.
Incidentally, I totally support the illegal operation of abandonware sites now, and even of warez servers(potential flamebait).
anyways, that's my take on it...
*If I made a game, even if I wasn't selling it, I
...
*wouldn't want others to have it just because
*they could get it
*Making money isn't the only reason for making
*games.
If you weren't planning to sell the game, why wouldn't you want other people to have free access to it? That strikes me as nothing more than selfishness and ignorance(not truly meant to be a flame).
Money is not the only reason to make a game, but if you take away the money aspect, you've taken away every reason to not distribute it fo free.
I am a writer and when I write something I do it for two reasons. The first is that I hope someone will read it and enjoy it, and a distant second is that I hope to get paid for it. If I wasn't planning to sell a piece of my writing I would(and am) be more than happy to distribute it for free.
Unless, of course, Michael Hodges is the one who made the charts...
Btw, it also seemed to me the author was pretty neutral on the topic of warez(I would go as far as to say that he was in favour of them, but was trying to be objective).
That game was so awesome. I still have dreams about that damn room where you had to put the tones in the right order(i'm half tone deaf). By the way, the best C64 game of all time... Jumpman!
and please don't try to bring it back. I appreciated ascii porn when LYNX was all i could use... but this is going a bit far.
On the contrary I thought MK, WC and SMB were all quite good.
The DND movie would have been much better if they had just strung together two hours worth of the old cartoon!
Honestly though, why bother. I'd much rather emulate Win on Linux than vice-versa anyways. As the quote goes: "Let sleeping Dogs Die". I got that right, didn't I?