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Re: CoCo II Emulator ROMs

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From: carlboll
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1993 22:24
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After consulting with a lawyer that handles several affairs with me for the vari
 ous computer users groups I am involved with I can make this statement with
some modicum of knowledge.  The distribution of ANY copyrighted material by
anyone other than the original author or if the author has sold his rights to an
 other
paryty then the owner of the copyrights, is expressly illegal.  No amount of
disclaimers, no matter how they are worded can change the fact that the
owner of the copyright is the only one that can distribute or give
permission to distribute a copyrighted work.  All software falls into this
category.  If there is an FTP site that has an emulator that has included a
copy of the software found on the ROMs of a computer and the software is
copyrighted the owner/s of that FTP site may be liable to suit as well as the
person that posted the original files.  I am not talking about theory here, I
am talking about the laws of this country and this is a legal interpretation
from an accreditted lawyer.  Please do not use the net to request illegal acts
be performed.  Trying to justify an illegal act because somebody else has done
it doesn't make it any more legal and it doesn't put you or anybody else in a
more tenous position.
-Carl
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