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From: amiguy@pnet01.cts.com (Sean Wolfe)
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Subject: Re: Shareware & Honesty (Was: Software (and other kinds of) copying)
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Date: 28 Jan 88 23:36:25 GMT
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howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) writes:
>In article <6649@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, mwm@eris (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer) writes:
>> As for fair, that means according to the rules. The rules (laws) in
>> the US state that if you give somebody something, it's *theirs*. You
>> can get neither payment nor the return of the thing, unless there's a
>> prior agreement about such.
>
>In article <469@aimt.UUCP> breck@aimt.UUCP (Robert Breckinridge Beatie) writes:
>>I think that the laws state that you can not be required to pay for unsolicited
>>stuff that you get in the mail.  But you do not get to keep the stuff.
>
>In at least some states, the last sentence is false.  If someone sends you
>unsolicited goods in the mail, they're yours, and you owe nothing.  That makes
>Mike more right than Robert.
>
Guys,
    It is not a law that varies from State to State, it is a Federal law,
handed down by the Federal Government, not local or state government.
If someone sends you unsolicited material in the mail, it is simpily yours 
to keep, You are under no obligation to return it what-so-ever.
Call your local postmater and ask! 
    But, what if someone else sends for something and fraudently puts your
name and address dowm.  For example, what if someone fills out one of those 
magazine subscription cards and places someone elses name and address on it
without that persons knowledge? (This is of course a "bill me" order, not
a pre-pay) They usually send you 2 or 3 issues before that stop sending due to
failure to pay. ??????????
                                     
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