From: no@hotmail.com
"Gene" wrote in message
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> Michael Black wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> I would imagine one of the aforementioned nut-jobs threatened him
>>> seriously
>>> enough that he took the archive offline. As to *precisely* why, only
>>> Ira
>>> can answer that question.
>>>
>> You have a serious problem. Just look at the words you use to describe
>> a legitimate copyright owner. Just because you want the free programs
>> doesn't mean they don't have a legit claim. Yet you dismiss them and
>> demean them.
>>
>> I think that says a lot more about you than the actual owner of the
>> program.
>>
> *sigh*
>
> Let me summarize this for you.
>
> A legitimate copyright holder asks you to remove their content.
>
> A nut-job goes completely ballistic, threating everything from suing you
> and
> your children to physical assault.
>
> Now, both are technically legitimate copyright holders. Which do you
> think
> I was talking about?
>
> You're welcome to dismiss _me_ as you see fit, but it takes nothing away
> from
> my statement, which is nothing more than an educated guess. Please
> understand
> that this is not (at least for archivists like myself and Ira) about "free
> programs". It's about trying to preserve anything we could get our hands
> on
> in order to save it for future generations to experience.
>
> You're welcome to think of me how you like. Hurl invective if that's your
> thing. I really don't mind it. I'm just a guy trying to save a history
> that only a few people care about.
>
> Thanks Mike.
>
> g.
>
Preserving for future generations!!!!!!!!!! how does that work if you and
IRA won't share it, greedy dickheads who want it all
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