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From: kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Disk Backup
Summary: It'll never fly Orville
Keywords: penalties, ethics, copyright
Message-ID: <3807@fluke.COM>
Date: 18 May 88 21:43:53 GMT
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>To: Daniel_Zenchelsky@rubbs1.UUCP
>Subject: Re: Amiga Disk Backup

Hey, great scam.  And you could try out every program that came to you
too, huh.  And maybe keep your own backup, on the sly?  I wonder how
many people will just send in the $5.  It could get expensive to buy
all those programs for awhile.  Or maybe they are just on some nearby
pirate BBS.  Trouble is, then legitimate owners might not get the
version they asked for.  Or it might not have their serial number, in
which case you'd be in deep yoghurt.  It'd be a pretty easy trap to
fall into too, if a software company wanted to trap you.  In fact, if a
software company wanted to get picky, and they had a serial number on
the disk, and you sent back a copy that differed from the original, it
would be a pretty clear case of copyright infringement, for which the
penalty can be $10K per infringement.  You're gonna have to sell a
whole lot of legitimate $5 disks to pay for even one of these fines,
not to mention legal fees.

Hope DNZ is a corporation...

My opinions are intellectual property.  Keep your hands off!