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From: S36666WB%ETSUACAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu (Brian Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ProTracker!!!
Message-ID: <33586@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 16 Oct 90 07:10:41 GMT
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On 15 Oct 90 14:30:43 GMT you said:
>Protracker is not copyrighted.
>It is an infringement of the original soundtracker/master soundtracker/
>noisetracker copyright though. ( Look-and-feel infringement )
>While this may sound a bit vague it's still as legally binding as a copyright
>notice and in most countries using the program will put you in danger of
>losing your equipment. I just thought I would give you the facts.
>
>Jorgen
>
>Oh and, users in sweden and norway will probably be in no danger since the
>copyright laws here doesn't support legal actions against home users.

So MED is also under this realm?  I guess using MED constitutes infringement
on ST/NT look-and-feel copyrights too?  Even though it is on a Fred Fish disk.

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