Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!peterk From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: CDTV & CD-I The Whole Picture Message-ID: <1173@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 29 Apr 91 10:37:05 GMT References: Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany Lines: 14 In article alec_vondjidis@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Alec Vondjidis) writes: > >Do you mean to say that there will be CD *SOFTWARE* Rentals allowed in Europe? > I though European countries were generally stricter than the US or Canada >when it came to software piracy. As far as I know, software rentals have >been stopped (severelly curtailed?) in the US, because they were so >vulnerable to piracy. Are they/will they still (be) allowed in Germany? Sorry, I'm no lawyer. I simply didn't recognize that there could be legal problems with it. Perhaps it's indeed not legally possible. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk