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Article #7527Posting software from Compuserve
From: Joel West
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1986 00:33
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1986 00:33
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According to October 6, 1986 InfoWorld:
Compuserve Information Service has threatened a bulletin
board operator with legal action for offering on his board
public domain programs he obtained on-line from Compuserve.
Compuserve, a common source for public domain programs,
said it considered the entire contents of its service to be
copyrighted, a pokciy that caused user outcry when it was
first adopted last year....
[The BBS operator] received a registered letter from
Compuserve's attorneys stating that he was infringing on
Compuserve's copyright. The letter threatened him with
civil and criminal action...
This is a good example of why I subscribe to USENET and not to
Compuserve.
Now if I just don't get a letter from InfoWorld. :-)
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Joel West MCI Mail: 282-8879
Western Software Technology, POB 2733, Vista, CA 92083
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