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From: peterson@mips.csc.ti.com (Bob Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Shareware? Hah!
Message-ID: <42540@ti-csl.CSNET>
Date: 17 Feb 88 18:43:57 GMT
References: <4815@ihlpg.ATT.COM> <3343@killer.UUCP>
Sender: news@ti-csl.CSNET
Reply-To: peterson@mips.UUCP (Bob Peterson)
Organization: TI Computer Science Center, Dallas
Lines: 42
Posted: Wed Feb 17 12:43:57 1988

In article <3343@killer.UUCP> davidg@killer.UUCP (David Guntner) writes:
>in article <4815@ihlpg.ATT.COM>, tainter@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Tainter) says:
>> 
>> If you want your shareware to succeed, then send it to EVERY magazine software
>> reviewer you can find, have heard of, or is even rumoured to exist.  Upload it
>> to GENIE, COMPUSERVE, etc.  Call into bulletin boards across the country
>> and upload it.  Post it to usenet.  When people make queries about applications
>
>
>One note:  Do NOT under any circumstance upload it to Compu$pend - I have heard
>that they have this weird idea that they hold the copywrite on ALL material
>that comes from their system, including things which users have uploaded!  I
>have heard that they have hassled some BBS's which were carring programs that
>a user would download from CI$ & then upload to the BBS in question.  If you
>want to avoid the hassle, avoid using Compu$pend.
>                            --Dave
>David Guntner  UUCP: {ihnp4, codas}!killer!davidg  INET: davidg@killer.UUCP
>
  You've heard wrong.

  Compuserve claims a compilation copyright, i.e., a copyright on their 
entire collection of material as a whole.  They do not attempt to
claim copyright ownership of individual items their customers place on
the service.  This is easily verified by reviewing Compuserve's online
copyright documentation.

  They have, on occasion, contacted individuals offering on for-pay 
BBS's collections of files downloaded from Compuserve.  On those
occasions the individual was asked to remove files downloaded, since
that specific activity is prohibited by the contract a user agrees to
when signing up with Compuserve.  On at least one occasion, such an
incident was reported in the press in a distorted form.

  I'm not totally without an interest in this subject: I manage one of
the Compuserve Forums.  However, I'm speaking for myself, not as a
representative of any other person or entity, especially Compuerve or
my employer.

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