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From: paul@athertn.Atherton.COM (Paul Sander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Senate Bill S.198
Message-ID: <4800@athertn.Atherton.COM>
Date: 29 May 89 21:06:56 GMT
References: <8905261424.AA22018@obsolete.UUCP> <10335@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Atherton Technology, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <10335@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
> In article <8905261424.AA22018@obsolete.UUCP> nazgul@obsolete.UUCP (Kee Hinckley) writes:
> >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?

No, if you *loan* your toaster to a friend who may *buy* it from you, you
are in violation of the Copyright on that program.  Remember, the bill
states that programs can't be distributed in *any* medium, including
toasters.
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