From: larry_fosdick@hotmail.com   
      
   "FRED"  wrote in message   
   news:47aed04b$0$13959$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...   
   >   
   > "Gene"  wrote in message   
   > news:13qt85vp4n8pae7@corp.supernews.com...   
   >> FRED  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> This is very very old software not a copy of Windows Vista !!!!   
   >>>   
   >>> YOU IDIOT   
   >>   
   >> If I'm such an idiot, why can I understand that regardless of the age of   
   >> the   
   >> software, copyright infringement lawsuits can happen, yet you cannot?   
   >>   
   >> You need to understand that the current copyright limit is roughly 95   
   >> years   
   >> from the time of original copyright.   
   >>   
   >> From what I've been able to figure out, someone presented Ira with a   
   >> credible   
   >> threat of an infringement lawsuit.  Being a smart guy, he did the smart   
   >> thing   
   >> and erring on the side of caution, pulled the content of the whole site.   
   >>   
   >> Frankly, I'd rather be known as an idiot than someone that feels entitled   
   >> to things at the expense of others.   
   >>   
   >> g.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > still stupid   
      
   I agree that it is stupid to have copyrights on material long after any   
   possible commercial value is expired.  However, calling it stupid doesn't   
   change it.  Some materials (see Disney) are still valuable, and so that   
   company does everything it can to get the terms extended.  Maybe you should   
   share some of your thoughts with your government representatives, and lobby   
   for shorter terms for computer software.   
      
   Ranting against Ira or anyone else practicing caution in this arena does no   
   one any good, and seems to be on a par with the spammer with all the MI5   
   persecution crap.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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