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From: person@plains.UUCP (Brett G. Person)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Renting Softwarre?
Message-ID: <4983@plains.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 90 07:05:47 GMT
Reply-To: person@plains.UUCP (Brett G. Person)
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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My boss handed me something today from TERABYTE who claim they will *RENT*
siftware (minus docs) to me for a certain time for $2.00 a disk.  The list
of titles included most of the popular software including WP and Wordstar,
lotus 123 and AutoCad.  There was also a full page-and-a-half of games. 

Isn't this piracy?  I doubt that they have 100 legit copies of word perfect
to send out through the mail.  Could I get in trouble for sending in 2 bucks
for a 'demo' copy of populous? 

What do you guys know about these people?  What are the legal liabilities
involvedin this?  Would Borland sue me for ordering a demo of Turbo Basic,
etc.

Thanks 


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Brett G. Person
North Dakota State University
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