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Article #7577Re: Posting software from Compuserve
From: Brian Diehm
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1986 20:33
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1986 20:33
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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....
This is interesting, as many public domain programs have notices specifically
PROHIBITING anyone else to claim ANY rights to that work. . .
I'd just love to see CompuServe try this in court.
-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc. (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
(No others need apply, though)
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