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Article #7566Re: Posting software from Compuserve
From: Peter Espen
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1986 16:14
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1986 16:14
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In article <812@gould9.UUCP>, joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West) writes: > 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. Don't believe everything you read. The report in Infoworld is inaccurate and incomplete. I am not saying that Compuserve is all that great, but the facts in this matter were distorted as they went through the grapevine, and I think Compuserve got a bit of a bum rap. (espen@well) >
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!yale!husc6!rutgers!sri-spam!mordor!lll-crg!lll-lcc!well!espen From: espen@well.UUCP (Peter Espen) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Posting software from Compuserve Message-ID: <1910@well.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Oct-86 12:14:04 EDT Article-I.D.: well.1910 Posted: Fri Oct 10 12:14:04 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Oct-86 20:44:50 EDT References: <812@gould9.UUCP> Organization: Whole Earth Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 24 Summary: Don't believe everything you read!!