Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nbires!isis!csm9a!japplega
From: japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Distribution of shareware for profit without permission
Message-ID: <697@csm9a.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 88 17:00:49 GMT
References: <16428@cornell.UUCP>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Colorado School of Mines
Lines: 38
Summary: Public Domain Software CO of NY

In article <16428@cornell.UUCP>, wilk@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Michael Wilk) writes:
> 
> The "Public (software) Library" is a company that distributes shareware and
> public domain software for only a few dollars per disk.  In their latest
> catalog I saw my shareware program listed, but they never contacted me for
> my permission to do so.  Their description of my program was inadequate,
> written by someone who knew little about it.
> 
> While I encourage the distribution of the program I feel a little resentful,
> especially because their catalog assures one that the programs are included
> only with the authors' permission.  Does anyone know if what the company
> did is legal?  My program has the correct copyright notice on the opening
> screen.

Years ago our Color Computer Users Group was contacted by a gentleman from
NY requesting to join our club to obtain copies of our library... most of
which were my own utilties!  Three months after sending the disks an ad
appeared in several Coco specific magazines advertising their new Coco
library... I ordered a set to find they were MY OWN DISKS complete with
my clubs logo and menu program...  I then called the company and asked to 
speak to the same gentleman and found out he was their president...

At the time I requested that they refrain from selling our disks and I
have also asked them on at least 3 occasions at Denver computer shows
to refrain from selling our disks and my software and they refuse!

I am still highly purturbed that they used deception to buy a library from
us at $2.00 a disk and then sell the same disks for $8!!!  They have even 
had the nerve to come to Computer shows in Denver and sell our disks!!!

    Joe Applegate - Colorado School of Mines Computing Center
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