07-14-2005, 03:42 AM
Harlequin,Jul 7 2005, 10:28 PM Wrote:The way I see it, a piece of software that is no longer manufactured by the designer is fair game. If they were interested in selling copies they would still be making them. If they were interested in making money off the game, they would still be making it. They aren't. They don't even support it and barely even acknowledge it's existence.[right][snapback]82790[/snapback][/right]Until Hellfire starts to appear on strong abandonware sites such as Home of the Underdogs, links to download locations will not be tolerated here. It is simply a legal matter. Home of the Underdogs still faces occasional lawsuits from companies that no longer sell the games listed there but don't want them offered for download, and they don't even TOUCH Hellfire.
The last thing I need, as a webmaster of a hobby-run zero-advertising site is a threat of a lawsuit from Sierra because they find that the Lurker Lounge "promotes" piracy via its forums. Yeah, that would be fun. I'd be the one held responsible legally (as court precedent has shown) because I didn't have it moderated off. This isn't "The Man" keeping anyone down. It's just common sense. People learn that there's a difference between ethic (why is it wrong to pay for a game that's not even manufactured anymore? Huh?) vs. law (it is copyrighted material and thus CANNOT be copied without consent of the creator, period!).
Think I'm paranoid? Recently archive.org was sued for storing content of an old website. You know, what archive.org is for.
Anyway, I don't want to beat too much on a dead horse. But your treatment of Lemming as some evil overbearing moderator is horrible, Harlequin, and that reflects on you.
-Bolty
Quote:Considering the mods here are generally liberals who seem to have a soft spot for fascism and white supremacy (despite them saying otherwise), me being perma-banned at some point is probably not out of the question.