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From: taylorj@byuvax.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Software Protection
Message-ID: <106taylorj@byuvax.bitnet>
Date: 5 Feb 88 02:03:28 GMT
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Here at BYU there is an official policy condemning software piracy.  This
policy has been well-publicized recently, and surprisingly enough, it has
seemed to make a difference.

I've been told that the university can be held responsible for any illegal
software copying done on its equipment with or without its knowledge.  If
this is true, some large software publisher may decide to take a university
to court in an attempt to make an example.  Perhaps they'll go after a "big
school like BU" that has been worrying about other things instead ;-).

Jim Taylor
Microcomputer Support for Curriculum, Brigham Young University
taylorj@byuvax.bitnet