dannyp1 wrote:
By you selling it you were illegally transferring the license. That is ignoring the law just as much as someone downloading an illegal copy. Either way it takes a sale away from the original publisher. Laws were broken both ways. You made your own moral judgement that one was OK to do and the other wasn't.
No, legally this falls under the Doctrine of First Sale.
You also made my point when you stated that you got good prices for the programs you sold. Most people do want to own a "legal" version of the software and are willing to pay for it. Also many people acquire illegal games, try them out and like them, and then try to acquire an original.
It really boils down to eliminating the ability to acquire a large amount of the software for the Amiga from present and future hobbiests. This won't help the community grow and prosper, it will kill it.
I have a number of illegitimate software and games that I have acquired by way of numerous acquisitions of hardware and software, or unmarked boxes of Amiga stuff. Some of them I have tried out and decided that I would like to replace them with the originals. To me, doing so is not about supporting the original developers or distributors who are either not interested in the Amiga or just plain gone, but instead supporting those who have remained custodian over the items for however many years. I often buy new or used things from recognized dealers supporting the community. I also will buy from those who owned and used and cared for the items over the years, and I prefer to deal with those who love the spirit rather than those who wish to profit from it.
When I sell my stuff I am not doing so to "make a profit," I want to sell to someone who will appreciate and love them as much as I did. I feel that is a greater tribute to the original developers and to the hobbyist community.
