+adamantyr Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Copyrights last for the life of the author + some # of years or some insanely long time (thanks to Disney) for corporations unless they are recinded. In the United States, it's life of the author + 28 years. It's life of the author plus 70 years in the US, and for works for hire it's 120 years after the date of first publication. IOW there are no home computers with software out of copyright due to expiry. Due to explicit release, I'm less sure. There are at least two console game systems (Vectrex and Jaguar) that were officially released to public domain. Thanks for the correction, I realized afterwards I was wrong... 28 or 70 years, though, it's still pretty ludicrous where software is concerned. Adamantyr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Copyrights last for the life of the author + some # of years or some insanely long time (thanks to Disney) for corporations unless they are recinded. In the United States, it's life of the author + 28 years. It's life of the author plus 70 years in the US, and for works for hire it's 120 years after the date of first publication. IOW there are no home computers with software out of copyright due to expiry. Due to explicit release, I'm less sure. There are at least two console game systems (Vectrex and Jaguar) that were officially released to public domain. Thanks for the correction, I realized afterwards I was wrong... 28 or 70 years, though, it's still pretty ludicrous where software is concerned. Adamantyr Yea Mike Tyson says that that kind of stuff is ludicrous in the most ludicrous way imaginable. More ludicrous than the most ludicrous thing of all.... FART........ Exactly why is this concept so foriegn ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Yea Mike Tyson says that that kind of stuff is ludicrous in the most ludicrous way imaginable. More ludicrous than the most ludicrous thing of all.... FART........ The funny thing about Mike Tyson loving to say "ludicrous" is the fact that he can't actually pronounce the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Yea Mike Tyson says that that kind of stuff is ludicrous in the most ludicrous way imaginable. More ludicrous than the most ludicrous thing of all.... FART........ The funny thing about Mike Tyson loving to say "ludicrous" is the fact that he can't actually pronounce the word. It may be that the pitch of his voice was so high that portions were inaudable . Imagine being beat to death by a man with the voice of an 8 year old girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien2 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Are you frowning because Wikipedia went black or because you might actually have to chose a side to come down on swissy . In jest..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudaSales Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I realize this is an old post but can anyone refer me to a good collection of TI-99/4A Software Collection? Pulling out my TI after years of collecting dust and would like to obtain a collection of software if no one has any objections. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Something like this for download and transfer ? Gamebase Gameshelf pergrem whtech Edited February 6, 2014 by sometimes99er 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudaSales Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Gamebase is exactly what I am looking for but for some reason I cant get it to download from that link. Its all spam and Download Manager software. Edited February 6, 2014 by CudaSales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Did you try the download referenced in post #10 from that link ? The V2.1 is at least 3 times bigger than V2.0, but only has a few percent more games. I'll make V2.0 (115,2 MB) available for a very short while via the following link <link removed> Edited February 6, 2014 by sometimes99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudaSales Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) I did and it keeps trying to force me to download the Ilivid Download Manager software which I have had numerous problems in the past with it trying to take over my web browser. It will not allow a direct download of the file without the Ilivid software installed so I didnt proceed. I noticed the file is almost 4 times the size of the one that you just shared so I would assume there is quite a big difference. I do appreciate you sharing the smaller version. Edited February 6, 2014 by CudaSales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Here's the bigger and latest version. Again it will only be up for a short while.<link removed> Edited February 7, 2014 by sometimes99er 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudaSales Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Downloading it now... Should only take me about 15mins depending on the connection... You Rock!!! It's nice that this stuff has been preserved over the years. I would imagine that there is not a lot of us left who still plays with the old TI-99/4A computers and people like you who preserve history are much appreciated. Thanks Again! Edited February 6, 2014 by CudaSales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Downloading it now... Should only take me about 15mins depending on the connection... You Rock!!! It's nice that this stuff has been preserved over the years. I would imagine that there is not a lot of us left who still plays with the old TI-99/4A computers and people like you who preserve history are much appreciated. Thanks Again! 15 minutes! For 432 megabytes? Damn Dude, my DSL really SUX! My connection say's it's going to take 55 minutes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudaSales Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 It ended up taking about 13minutes and 51 seconds. I am on ComCast which gives us a 12MBps Cable line but it really depends on the connection with both ends. I just did a Speedtest and for some reason I am getting 33MBps today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Here's the bigger and latest version. Again it will only be up for a short while. http://sometimes.planet-99.net/TI99-4Av2.1.zip RAT FARTS!! "Network Error -- 10 minutes before completion! What's worse, it will not complete on a redo... it want's to start over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I realize this is an old post but can anyone refer me to a good collection of TI-99/4A Software Collection? Pulling out my TI after years of collecting dust and would like to obtain a collection of software if no one has any objections. Thanks[/quote You sold ti99 stuff on EBay quite recently so your collecting dust story seems fishy. You amping up to challenge buddybear as supreme software pirate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudaSales Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) I sold TI stuff on ebay recently? You have the wrong person. Where do you see this? I havent sold TI stuff on ebay for a long time and when I did, it was always legit items. Mostly hardware but it's been a very long time. Edited February 7, 2014 by CudaSales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 TI-99/4A computers and people like you who preserve history are much appreciated. Thanks Again! Kudos for Gamebase has to go to OX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TI-Sissy Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I realize this is an old post but can anyone refer me to a good collection of TI-99/4A Software Collection? Pulling out my TI after years of collecting dust and would like to obtain a collection of software if no one has any objections. Thanks[/quote You sold ti99 stuff on EBay quite recently so your collecting dust story seems fishy. You amping up to challenge buddybear as supreme software pirate? if u are the welcoming comittee for returning 99'ers marc, u suck at it! attacking and provoking u r good at though. gold star! feel better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) Edited February 7, 2014 by sometimes99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I sold TI stuff on ebay recently? You have the wrong person. Where do you see this? I havent sold TI stuff on ebay for a long time and when I did, it was always legit items. Mostly hardware but it's been a very long time. I just remember your Handle as it's fairly unique and you used to sell quite a bit of TI stuff (perhaps 3 or 4 years ago ?) So it sounds funny when you say "Pulling out my TI after years of collecting dust." Just hit me as strange. Sorry I offended you and don't want to start another feud for old AA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 if u are the welcoming comittee for returning 99'ers marc, u suck at it! attacking and provoking u r good at though. gold star! feel better? I always feel good Sissy thanks for asking. How are you doing today ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 My God this has to be THE most de-railed thread in existence. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 53 minutes ago, Retrospect said: My God this has to be THE most de-railed thread in existence. Thanks for bumping a ten-year old thread, always good to re-read threads I have not seen for a while or have not read in the past! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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