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In article <43te1h$18j6@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> (comp.os.os2.comm),
mdrechsl@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca (Mike Drechsler) wrote:

> On 16th April 1994, Bo Bendtsen then agreed to sell the code and
> copyright of Terminate to Intershop Ltd while in his bedroom in
> Albertslund, Denmark.

<sarcasm>That's pretty good.  I always sell the rights to software in
my bedroom...</sarcasm>

> A wide area Beta test program was then instituted and a cut down
> version (1.57d) without Scripting or the Graphic Terminals released
> on 5 September 1994 and "Terminate - The Final Terminate" finally
> published on 5 September 1995.

Heh.  I see they even screwed up the "logo."  It should read
"Terminate -- The Final Terminal."

>We have a situation where what we have reason to suspect is
>a Gibraltar registered company, Strathrory Systems Ltd, is
>deliberately and criminally infringing our copyright with
>regard to the communications program called TERMINATE and
>also fraudulently issuing invoices and or receiving payment
>in respect of same.

That's *really* good.  George is trying to sue Bo for collecting
registrations for his program?  Geezus...

>We would also be extremely interested in any information
>relating to the following individuals that you may have on
>file and would be happy to pay the necessary search fees in
>respect of same:

[-snip-]

>(3)  Mr Steven Ross Stacher BS, MBA
[-snip-]
>(4)  Mr Andy Roberts, precise address unknown but likely to
>     have used a Post Office Box in South Carolina, USA

Oh, geez...  They're not dragging Andy and Steve into this, are they?

>Radek Taus, Director
>for & on behalf of INTERSHOP LIMITED

I see Taus is still around...  For some really interesting reading
material on Intershop Ltd., George Collins, and Radek Taus, download
the Telix 3.0 archive.  There's a file in there about them screwing
the Telix people over on registrations by generating Telix keys and
not paying Telix.

>We must therefore issue an ultimatum:
>If by 13:00hrs GMT Monday 15 August 1994 you have not
[-snip-]
>2) delivered to us a written schedule for maintaining,
>developing and improving Terminate Software

What?!

[-snip-]

>4) ceased and desisted from wrongly describing yourself as
>the publisher and copyright owner of Terminate

They're trying to weasel the copyright from him, eh?

>5) ceased and desisted from illicitly collecting or
>organising the collection of registration fees for Terminate

They're trying to legally force him to not collect any registrations
for his product?  Geez, this is really good stuff...

>then we reserve the right to take all or any of the
>following actions without further warning:
[-snip-]
>d) holding you liable for the costs of hiring an alternative
>programming team to maintain, develop and improve Terminate
>Software

What?  If he doesn't drop the product, Intershop wants him to pay for
them to develop it?

>                    TERMINATE by Bo Bendtsen: Contract of Sale

I invite George Collins or anyone with this *signed* contract to scan
the contract in PCX, GIF, or TIFF format, uuencode it, and mail it to
me at rwg@voyager.wilmington.net.  Until then, I'll still believe this
whole thing is a load of horse crap.  (Although I do have my doubts
about what truely happened.  e.g., How did George Collins get a copy
of the source code upon which Cain is based on?)

>Lastly, we also give notice that, to date, the costs of hiring an
>alternative programming team to maintain, develop and improve Terminate
>Software (the "Project CAIN programming team") have amounted to œ31,618 and
>are still rising. Gross Revenue from Terminate has been NIL since Intershop
>Ltd has publicly declared that, due to your illicit activities, we will not
>accept any money in respect of Terminate until and unless legal action has
>commenced against you.

It's their own stupid fault that they did not charge for their version
of "Terminate" and the costs are great.  I suspect they did not charge
because Bo Bendsten truely holds the copyright and their selling it
would be a very serious legal offense.

>I also have a file with a collection of messages called bo$welch.txt but 
>it is over 200k in length.  If you want a copy of it just email me and I 
>can send it to you.

I'd love to see this file.  rwg@voyager.wilmington.net, please. :-)

--
Richard Godbee
rwg@voyager.wilmington.net