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From: Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Apple should let us e-mail System 7
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Date: 16 May 91 01:27:23 GMT
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sjhg9320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Maximum Slackness ) writes:

MS> When a company
MS> allows any instance of the free use of their intellectual property, they
MS> often forfeit exclusive rights to its usage when questions as to who
MS> owns what show up in front of a Judge. 
MS> Examples include:	Baggies
MS> 			PC 
MS> 			'286 

     Ahhh...  Those are trademarks(tm).  Copyright and trademark law are entirely 
separate.  

     If Apple permited unrestricted distribution, then (i) they couldn't persuade 
anyone to purchaase a license (who's going to buy the cow when they can get the 
milk for free), and (ii) they couldn't as easily prevent other m anufacturers from 
distributing the software with their products (can you say Amiga?  I knew you 
could).


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