From: tlake@twcny.rr.com   
      
   "Gene"  wrote in message   
   news:13q1af5qrnt9g46@corp.supernews.com...   
   > One thing you guys that think Ira is "screwing" the TRS-80 community need   
   > to   
   > understand - there are a number of absolute nut-jobs out there that freak   
   > out at the thought of their 25+ year old program being downloaded for   
   > free.   
   >   
   > All it would take is _one_ copyright infringement lawsuit to financially   
   > blot Ira off the face of the planet.  Ira decided that the risk just   
   > wasn't   
   > worth it.  He's continuing to collect software in the hope that some day   
   > the government will pull its collective head out of its ass and restore   
   > sane copyright duration periods.   
   >   
   > Until that happens, he's playing it safe.   
      
   So why doesn't he just let one of us have a copy of all the programs and we   
   can   
   host them on a site ourselves with no involvement from him at all?  Or he   
   could   
   send them to the TRS-80 Yahoo Forum.  He had all that software on his site   
   for   
   years with no problems.  Why is he worried now?   
      
   Tom Lake   
      
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