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From: cjkuo@locus.com (Chengi Jimmy Kuo)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Turning someone in for software piracy
Message-ID: <1991Jun05.060505.115653@locus.com>
Date: 5 Jun 91 06:05:05 GMT
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Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California
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bbs.attkcat@spies.com (the attack cat) writes:

>A friend of mine wants to 'turn in' her employer for software piracy.

>Some of the copied programs are WordPerfect, Pagemaker, and Harvard
>Graphics.

>This is a small division of a fortune-100 company (which has a published
>non-piracy policy that this division is breaking).  There's probably
>half-a-dozen computers involved.

>Is it worth it ?  How do she do it ?

This reminds me of what I think is the most ironic situation concerning
copyright law.

Since copyright is a federal legal concept, a company in CA cannot sue
the state of CA for copyright infringement because that goes to state court!
(This is where the status of law stands today as backed up by precedent.)
So, the state school system (UCLA, etc.) is immune from copyright law with
respect to copying programs produced by Californian companies.

As for the original post, all she can do is contact the companies involved.
There's no such thing as copyright police.

Jimmy Kuo
-- 
cjkuo@locus.com
"The correct answer to an either/or question is both!"