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From: tp@mccall.com
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: font.copyrights
Message-ID: <3076.2698446f@mccall.com>
Date: 9 Jul 90 08:46:38 GMT
References: <79250@ccicpg.UUCP>
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Organization: The McCall Pattern Co., Manhattan, KS, USA
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In article <79250@ccicpg.UUCP>, nf@ccicpg.UUCP (Ned Foboe) writes:
> Whats legal and whats not seems to be pretty well established. I have
> some gray areas for y'all.
> 
> I have a PS printer. I also own a set of Compugraphic outline fonts,
> plus a tool to convert them to type 1 PS fonts, or Amiga (screen) bitmap
> fonts.
> 
> Is it legal for me to distribute the bitmaps that I generate?

I haven't signed any agreements with Compugrahic, so I don't know what
their contracts look like. Several other firms, with which I have
non-disclosure agreements as a result of an (unsuccessful) vendor search,
have clauses in their contract that specifically cover this. I suspect you
signed a contract with CG to get what you have. I suggest you look very
carefully at the fine print. I think you will find that you have signed
away your right to do this, whether it would have been legal or not. It
doesn't matter what copyright law says if you signed a contract.
-- 
Terry Poot <tp@mccall.com>                The McCall Pattern Company
(uucp: ...!rutgers!ksuvax1!mccall!tp)     615 McCall Road
(800)255-2762, in KS (913)776-4041        Manhattan, KS 66502, USA