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From: cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Fred Fish on CDROM....now being advertised
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Date: 9 Sep 90 14:21:38 GMT
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BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz writes:

}In article <1990Sep7.144544.17517@uncecs.edu>, utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis) writes:
}> In article <455@hal.CSS.GOV> stevem@hal.CSS.GOV (Steve Masters) writes:
}>>On p.43 of the October AmigaWorld is an ad from Xetec for an Amiga CD-ROM system.
}>>As part of the ad, they say they will include with the system a CD-ROM with the
}>>Fred Fish library through #360.
}> 
}> Interesting!  I wonder how they deal with the copyright restrictions
}> on some of the pieces in the Fish library which can only be destributed
}> by Fred Fish....

}As far as I am concerned, it seems that the price for the drive is so
}reasonable that the CD is being included as an incentive to buy, and not
}being sold for profit. I have no problems with this release.

As we have belabored endlessly here or elsewhere, if something is
copyrighted you can't *give* it away, either.  Only the copyright
holder can authorize _distribution_ of the work, regardless of the form
or cost.

   /Bernie\