"http://www.amiga-hardware.com" is Down??

[motorollin]

Maybe they don't mean somebody has complained, but the server is suffering from a complaint? Like when people say they have a medical complaint?

I have never looked at that site, but I would be interested to know what happened!

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moto

[motorollin]

The site has been taken down because I received a copyright violation notice from the author of a driver.

That's pathetic. Surely drivers can only be used by people who own the hardware for which they are designed, which entitles them to use the driver anyway. What's the harm of offering it for download for people who have lost or damaged disks?

I hope the site won't go offline because of one short-sighted individual.

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moto

[motorollin]

Lando wrote:

motorollin wrote:
That's pathetic. Surely drivers can only be used by people who own the hardware for which they are designed, which entitles them to use the driver anyway.

The only exception to that, that I can think of, is Elbox - who ask you to pay for drivers after you already purchased the hardware.

Really? I got drivers with my Mediator and updates were free as long as I registered.

Lando wrote:
But whoever the complainant is, they should realise that by doing what they've done all they have succeeded in doing is p*** off a large proportion of their customers, and for what gain?

If the person's identity is ever revealed, they won't be popular...

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moto

[motorollin]

I don't doubt the legal situation, i.e. the author was entitled to impose copyright restrictions on his/her software. But it's a bit sad really - the author should have been flattered that his driver was considered worthy of inclusion.

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moto