From: no@hotmail.com   
      
   So you can pirate soft ware for your self but the copyright laws stop you   
   passing on to others ??   
      
   That make no sense and is just greedy   
      
   the whole thing in the trs community is about sharing what we have not   
   hoarding it   
      
      
   "Ira"  wrote in message   
   news:a5kpp39cdkpg13a2tjvip9srp48udhsd1u@4ax.com...   
   > Greets,   
   >   
   > To answer your question about the site, the emails for help continue   
   > unabated.  The site provides resources for those searching for help   
   > with their TRS-80's, and I continue to respond to every single request   
   > for help.  I certainly don't force people to visit the site.   
   >   
   > To answer the question about the disks, having the request for disks   
   > up allows for the following:   
   >   
   > 1) I would say that most of the disks I get are from people who are   
   > overjoyed to learn that they can go into their attic/basement/garage,   
   > get the disks they have had for decades but were afraid to just throw   
   > out, and send them off - freeing up space.  You would be surprised the   
   > number of people who find themselves on the end of an ultimatum by a   
   > significant other, and this provides them a fantastic out.   
   >   
   > 2) Whoever sends me disks gets DSK images of those disks anyway, so   
   > they usually wind up finding programs they wrote, letters they wrote,   
   > etc., a welcome trip down memory lane.   
   >   
   > 3) If people didn't have the outlet, the disks would either get tossed   
   > or erased, and their contents would be lost forever.  I do continue to   
   > diligently archive, hoping some day that some sense is brought to the   
   > U.S. copyright code.   
   >   
   > 4) People email all the time asking for DOS disks.  Getting these   
   > disks sent to me allows me to then have blank disks to use to honor   
   > those requests.  When I ultimately run out of disks, these people will   
   > be out of luck.  Fortunately, the disks do keep coming in.   
   >   
   > I hope this helps.   
   >   
   > Ira   
   >   
   > On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:55:16 +0900, "FRED"  wrotf:   
   >   
   >>You can't get files, or manuals, but he still wants disks??   
   >>   
   >>just greedy??   
   >>   
   >>   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)