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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Illegal and wrongful postings
Message-ID: <1407@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 2-Dec-86 10:01:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  2 10:01:52 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Dec-86 17:55:38 EST
Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
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Summary: Breakout and TI59


     We haven't had very many "problem" postings on the Net because most
Netters realize that the Net is valuable and we wouldn't want to have sites
quitting to avoid legal hassles.  Also, we recognize that the person hurt
by a posting on the Net may very well be 'here' on the Net as a participant.

     Recently we have had two postings which probably should not have been
made.  The 'BREAKOUT' desk accessory was *not* public domain.  It was
proprietary code from Atari.  The poster has put Atari in a very embarrassing
position.  They may want to avoid hurting their image by pursuing the one
who is to be blamed for the posting (not necessarily the person who posted
it, though that person shares the blame in part).  Please don't do this again.

     The TI59 is a different problem.  It is likely that the display, which
uses the TI logo and shows the desk accessory as a TI59 infringes Texas
Instruments' trademarks.  Even if the program is public domain (it is in fact
unmarked and we don't have source code to see if the sourcecode was marked
public domain), the Trademark is likely a registered mark and even if it was
not registered, should not have been used.

Cheers! -- Jim O.