Iggy_Drougge wrote:
He is worth approximately 2 GBP for pressing REC several times. Yes, that's a lot of work, compared to the hundreds of man-hours that have gone into each demo on the disc.
I think there are two different works here. The original demo makers effort to make a demo and this guys effort for finding these demos and making a compilation. And I don't see any point in comparing them. I don't think this guy is earning a life out of it. If you think the price is high you have all the right to make one compilation for yourself. The original demo makers have all the right to distribute their own work, but they don't. Why ? because it's not really worth it (profit-wise) and they probably have much important and timeworthy stuff to do right now.
It's not distributing old stuff per se that makes people offset, it's people trying to make a profit off other people's hard works. No matter how much work people claim to have laid on making CD compilations of ROMZ or gamez or warez, it is fades in comparison with the original work of the authors.
I think if the original creators contact this guy and ask for their works removal, he should adhere and do so. Otherwise I don't see any harm in what he's doing cause demos are meant to be public domain. Copying ROMs or games is a different matter in its entirety though.
