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From: brs@cci632.cci.com (Brian Scherer)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Turning someone in for software piracy
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.181842.20626@cci632.cci.com>
Date: 5 Jun 91 18:18:42 GMT
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In article <1991Jun05.060505.115653@locus.com> cjkuo@locus.com (Chengi Jimmy Kuo) writes:
>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!"

I do not think that this is correct. Since copywright is federal, it would
be done in a federal court, not a state one. Therefore a california
company could sue the state of california in federal court.

Brian Scherer