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From: mjt@super.ORG (Michael J. Tighe)
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Subject: Re: Copyright laws and universities.
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Date: 9 Feb 89 22:29:19 GMT
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In article <9548@ihlpb.ATT.COM> nevin1@ihlpb.UUCP (55528-Liber,N.J.) writes:
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>Does anyone have any information about action being taken against colleges
>or universities for using bootleg software on their microcomputers?  I seem
>to recall an incident at the University of Wisconsin a few years ago.

     The  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Court has ruled that the
State of California is exempt from federal copyright laws under the
11th Amendment. The complaint was filed by BV Engineering, a software
company. In the original and appeals trials, the university argued
that the 11th Amendment gives state agencies immunity from damage
claims in federal court. The Court agreed that the 11th Amendment
provides immunity. I think this decision was handed down in late
September 1988.
 
     For more info, see Infoworld, October 10, 1988.
 
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