Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!ucsdhub!sdcsvax!ucsd!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Senate Bill S.198 Message-ID: <8905281359.aa11020@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 28 May 89 18:59:44 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 16 >>But wait. My *toaster* probably embodies a computer program! > >So, if you distribute a copy of the program in your toaster, you're >violating the Copyright on that program. What's the problem? Under the law, you'd be able to give away the toaster when it becomes obsolete, but if you sell it at a yard sale, you've commited a felony :-( Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)