Please stop copying Starfighter.

[coldfish]

I can understand your frustration, in principle.

But you do have to wonder if its worth the effort to stop the few remaining Amiga sellers around from selling an item they probably make only a few bucks (if that) from per year?

[coldfish]

@weirdami

Yep, I agree.  It's still a waste of time though.

[coldfish]

Ok, emotional/irrational arguments aside.

Seeing as its now -free- software, what's to stop me burning it to disk and selling it for the -cost- of the CD-R, jewel case, printing, postage, packaging + 20minutes of my time?

I cant believe you guys are so precious about ~10 year old software on a dead (market wise) platform.

 :crazy:

[coldfish]

Hmm, emotional/irrational arguments aside, again.

If it was my work, which I'd decided to give up as free I wouldnt care if a few schmucks were still making a pittance out of it here and there.  At least it has some value.

The sellers are hardly asking a fortune (unlike some Amiga traders), and I have my doubts there are many buyers in Amiga-land not aware it's available for free, if not and they're willing to pay the asking price for a packaged unit, where's the problem?  How many units do you think they sell anyway?  My guess would be a couple per year, at most?

I can understand the author being protective of his claim to fame, but put it in perspective:  It's old (now free) software that worked on a small subset (Amigas with CD) of an obsolete hardware platform.

I get the impression you guys are making a very big deal out of nothing much.  

Hardly a new thing in the Amiga community. :-P

[coldfish]

@JJ

Sorry, I forgot to put my troll's hat on. :-D

/troll-on.

I understand the issue and, apart from the author gaining some attention hereabouts, I don't see there's any point in complaining about the illegitimate sale of a few CDs of -free- software.  

Making it free didnt stem any "tide", there wasn't one, it just devalued the software.
 
...I wonder just how many $millions$ those terrible pirates are making from Starfighter? :lol:

[coldfish]

Heh, you guys are absolutely right, I've been swayed by your well articulated and rational argument.  

I stand corrected.

 :lol:

Review:

http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/DBM1/StarfDR.html

[coldfish]

foleyjo wrote:

coldfish wrote:
<<< snip

Lets look at it a different way...

On myspace theres a load of unsigned bands with their songs available to download for free so they can get publicity, gigs, and maybe some kind of recording contract.

So would it be acceptable for me to download a load of these songs burn them to a CD and then start selling an album called "Songs of Myspace" without giving them any money or even informing them im doing it!!

I Think Not

I totally agree with you, however putting content on the net is opening yourself up to this kind of abuse.  I dont think its -worth- getting too upset when the abuse happens.  Sorry, I just dont.

In addition, if the content is of questionable quality/usefulness/relevance ie; old/obsolete ect, then the effort is further wasted (imo).

As a product designer Ive had a fair bit of experience with IP violations of my own & client's IP.  In most cases it's better/cheaper/smarter to accept that a certain amount of infringement is going to occur and get on with the next big product, instead of wasting time/energy/money tracking down copyright violators.

   meh.

thing/thing/thing... :-D