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From: maymudes@husc4.UUCP (David Maymudes,,,4982298)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Maintaining Copyrights  Was MacsBug available on Compuserve, not net?.)
Message-ID: <1944@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 26 May 89 14:00:47 GMT
References: <31668@apple.Apple.COM>
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From article <31668@apple.Apple.COM>, by jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson):
> 	It has to do with the fact that Compuserve, Genie, and AppleLink all
> keep records of who have downloaded software from them and guarantee that
> folks see a license agreement from Apple before they download.  The US
> Copyright office says that if you are to maintain your copyright you have
> to maintain control over who receives your software.

Does this concept only apply to computer software?  For instance, it seems that
if a book is sold at a bookstore, then the publisher, or even the bookstore,
has no way to know whom the individual copies were sold to.  Is the point that
with computer software, since there is no obvious physical limit to the number
of copies distributed, you can't tell the difference between giving away a 
limited number of copies of something, and letting everybody copy it for free?

An idea: Shouldn't it be possible for the FTP host to keep a record of who has
used it (using people's "Password:" response, even though it's not especially
reliable) and what files have been downloaded (can be picked out from the list
of commands sent.  Would maintaining this information be enough?

David Maymudes
maymudes@husc4.harvard.edu


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