From: chris@iowegia.uucp (Chris Lyons)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop
Subject: Re: lawyers and software     
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 12:48:18 CST
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Organization: Iowegia Public Access Usenet/UUCP, Clive IA USA.


bb3647@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:

> In article <gate.ViRHVB1w165w@cibbs.UUCP>, fenris@cibbs.UUCP writes:
> > -=> Quoting Gregory Youngblood to All <=-
> >
> > GY> If I had, I would have been quit upset about it, especially after this
> > GY> little  article.  From what I read when I skimmed the oringal posted,
> > GY> they did this as a scare tactic to sysops.  I'd have called the
> > GY> attorneys who did this and  let them how upset I am by their unprovoked
> > GY> scare tactics.
> >
> >It's a sorry fact that the people responsible for making/arbiting laws have
> >almost no understanding of the difference between hardware and software. As
> >a result you get stupid things like this happening. I suspect they thought
> >that we were using the phone lines to deliver pirated Nintendo cartridges.
>
> actually I have heard of a machine that will store cartriges on a hard drive,
> and you can copy them with it quite easily.   I'd guess it's some kind of
> cumputer (probably a PC clone) with some sort of interface cable for plugging
> into the slot in a game machine, and a second cable for plugging a cartridge
> into.

I've heard of a machine that plugs into a Sega Genisis, and then the Sega
Cartridge plugs into it, and then the machine copy the program to a IBM
compatible disk drive.  It can be copied onto a hard drive.  This stuff can be
uploaded and downloaded from a BBS (the game programs I mean.)  Then to play
the games, you just put the disk in the drive, and it loads the game into
memory, and you can play the game.



> > GY> Obviously they don't want to be bothered so they threw that little bit
> > GY> in about 'please do not call ...'.  Nintendo and Nintendo's attorneys
> > GY> needs to learn they can't resort to scare tactics like this and then
> > GY> sidestep  responsibility for their actions.
> >
> >Of course they don't want to be bothered - which is all the more reason we
> >should bother them. If you have a friend who is a lawyer, or corporate
> >stationary of your own write to them. They are probably under the impression
> >that they are dealing with a bunch of pimplely faced adolescents, rather tha
> >a large dedicated community of adult hobbyists.
>
> I agree that the scare tactics are totally uneccessary, and should be
> discouraged.  Anyone who would carry pirated software/cartridge data on their
> board certainly knows it's illegal already.
>
> >After all, adult hobbyists are hardly newsworthy. Kids pirating software are
> >
> >Wayne Borean aka Fenris
>
> on a related subject...
>
>       A user just uploaded a huge collection of Boris Vallerjo (sp) pictures
> (in JPEG format) to my BBS.  Is it legal for me to leave them online?  I run
> relatively small board (one line, 550megs online, no subscriptions or fees)
> Also what is the legality of scaned images from playboy and other magazines?
>
>                                       Noah Bast, sysop
>                                       The Vanishing Point
>                                       (716)889-3353   (USR 16.8k dual)
>                                       FidoNet 1:2613/444
>


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