I try to get legit copies of all the vintage software I use (have a nice library for the Mac among other systems). Having said that I don't realy care about pirating old, unsupported, hasn't been sold for years software.
People should probably tone down the posts about sharing anything still supported, and not publish ftp/web/hotline info for "archive" sites so openly.
The laws were made for a reason, to keep people from profiting from anothers hard work for a specific period of time after which the copyrighted material is public domain. Some people have paid money to make the copyright last forever and never become public domain, I don't believe that was the intent of the law as first put down. If anyone got busted for trading OS 7.1 and it actually went to trial I think the jury would probably aquit the offender even if they broke the law (a jury can do that if they feel it was unjust to prosecute).
People should probably tone down the posts about sharing anything still supported, and not publish ftp/web/hotline info for "archive" sites so openly.
The laws were made for a reason, to keep people from profiting from anothers hard work for a specific period of time after which the copyrighted material is public domain. Some people have paid money to make the copyright last forever and never become public domain, I don't believe that was the intent of the law as first put down. If anyone got busted for trading OS 7.1 and it actually went to trial I think the jury would probably aquit the offender even if they broke the law (a jury can do that if they feel it was unjust to prosecute).