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"turnkit" wrote in message
news:c54e7866-413e-4120-9841-0a3a2775fdba@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Fred -
> I won't respond to tirades like that and don't encourage anyone else
> to either.
>
> Be civil and perhaps there is some discussion that can be had. This
> isn't myspace.
>
> On Mar 30, 4:08 pm, "FRED" wrote:
>> No Body cares
>>
>> "Knut Roll-Lund" wrote in message
>>
>> news:ofednZ1EG85IGXLaRVnzvQA@telenor.com...
>>
>> > Hi
>>
>> > You don't understand why the selling of DVD's at good price referring
>> > to
>> > Ira's archive is endangering Ira? Think about it. It's much like the
>> > GNU
>> > licence; as long as it is free we allow copying. I would be pretty
>> > pissed
>> > of if someone started selling wav2cas (it is for free - if someone is
>> > going to make money of it it should be me).
>>
>> > Anyway I had hoped he could put up part of the archive again. Some of
>> > the
>> > stuff is public domain. Possibly someone else could too... I have some
>> > stuff on my site and there will be more. It is just a private accound
>> > so
>> > there won't be that much...
>>
>> > Knut
>>
>> > FRED wrote:
>> >> I gave him some of the stuff!! some of it had to be destroyed so a
>> >> copy
>> >> could be made and I said that was OK because everyone would be able to
>> >> get a copy, now no one can get a copy and the stuff is destroyed.
>> >> Nobody
>> >> gives a stuff about the copy write of 30 year old software.
>>
>> >> He's only pissed off because some prat sold some DVDs of the software
>> >> on
>> >> eBay, so by cutting off all supply the stupid fuck has increased the
>> >> value of the pirate shit on sale on eBay, perhaps he's selling it and
>> >> wanted to make it more exclusive.
>> >> But I would not piss on him if he was on fire
>>
>> >> IRA IS ONE OF THE INTERNET'S TRUE WANKERS
>>
>> >> "turnkit" wrote in message
>> >>news:ea15b915-6fec-4162-a379-a50b10f4f51b@h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >>>Okay Fred, fair enough to be angry that we can't all get the copies,
>> >>>but is it really mature or right to direct that anger at Ira? Again,
>> >>>if you want to interpret the copyright laws (and consequence for
>> >>>challenging some people's interpretation of those laws) differently
>> >>>then Ira then can't you host the stuff yourself or encourage someone
>> >>>else to do it? Calling Ira names over the issue misses the
>> >>>frustration we ALL have, including I can only guess Ira has, but you
>> >>>know it's really just immature. Even though this "internet thing"
>> >>>somewhat hides people's identities we are still real people reading
>> >>>and writing. C'mon man, channel you anger into something constructive
>> >>>instead of blaming Ira. Really, you owe him an apology; he too wants
>> >>>to share the stuff -- it's evidence by the fact that he once did b/c
>> >>>at one time he felt it was safe to do so -- but calling him a 'greedy
>> >>>arse'?
>>
>> >>>Either you are trolling for attention, which makes me an idiot because
>> >>>I am attempting to be reasonable with you, or you really are missing
>> >>>what's going on here. If it's the latter -- that you are missing the
>> >>>issue, then it would be helpful if you would try to more mature and
>> >>>try to understand that Ira shared when he felt he could but obviously
>> >>>doesn't now, not because he's "greedy" (doh!) but because of the
>> >>>greyness of the law, and you ought apologize.
>>
>> >>>I don't think I've much more to say to you on this. But that I'd hope
>> >>>you try to be responsible with what you can so you can make a positive
>> >>>difference. Again, we'd all love it too if you'd start a site. See
>> >>>if Home of the Underdogs or some group wants to host TRS-80 financial
>> >>>software, Cobol apps, or Model 4 hard disk drivers! lol.
>>
>> >>>On Mar 28, 10:53 pm, "FRED" wrote:
>>
>> >>>>it pisses me off after all the stuff I gave him that's all he gives
>> >>>>back
>> >>>>and
>> >>>>keeps the rest hes a greedy arse
>>
>> >>>>"turnkit" wrote in message
>>
>> >>>>news:259abaf8-ce50-46fa-aef6-e3c0883e2526@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >>>>>On Mar 23, 10:15 pm, turnkit wrote:
>>
>> >>>>>>On Mar 22, 10:11 pm, "FRED" wrote:
>>
>> >>>>>>>Ira has put a new picture of a book cover on his site
>> >>>>>>>What an asset to the community
>>
>> >>>>>>Fred, don't be an ass et c. to the community.
>>
>> >>>>>>(I said it for the lulz.)
>>
>> >>>>>Seriously though Fred, you've got an interesting point ... if you'd
>> >>>>>like to do better than please do create web site of your own and
>> >>>>>post
>> >>>>>you new content links here.
>>
>> >>>>>If your just going to snipe we should all realize that your just
>> >>>>>trolling. (For those unfamiliar with the term a troll is one who
>> >>>>>posts inflammatory comments just to get a rise out of people and to
>> >>>>>create conflict. It is a passive-aggressive technique to allow the
>> >>>>>troll/inflamatory poster to feel like the are important and
>> >>>>>controlling something. Trolls are best left unfed because even
>> >>>>>commenting as I did tend to encourage them.) I am responding to you
>> >>>>>Fred in the hopes that you aren't trolling -- is there a possibility
>> >>>>>you might take responsibility for the legitimate parts of your
>> >>>>>concern
>> >>>>>-- that you'd like to see more TRS-80 content available to all --
>> >>>>>and
>> >>>>>that you will create a repository of your own or are you just going
>> >>>>>to
>> >>>>>criticize someone else's efforts?
>>
>> > --
>> > Knut
>> > (delete 'nogarbage.' for email)
>
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