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From: flatmas@ladder.cs.orst.edu (Scott Timothy Flatman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macintosh ROM Sources
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Date: 9 Jun 89 21:43:00 GMT
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In article <734@occrsh.ATT.COM> jdsb@occrsh.UUCP (John_Babcock) writes:
>
>    Please note that I do NOT intend to do the following, but
>
>What would happen to those people who advertise their name, address, and nuP...
>in the newspaper specified?  Can Apple take any action against the advertiser?
>
>I'm sure Apple will have one of it's lesser known employees advertise on
>purpose so they can try to trace it back to the source.  Or would the lack
>of a return address stop them?  Can't you gain some information from a 
>postmark?
>
>Again, I'm not going to advertise, but I was curious.
>                          John
>____________________________________________________________________________
>* John Babcock           att!occrsh!jdsb
>* AT&T Network Systems   jdsb@occrsh.att.com
>* Oklahoma City, OK      Disclaimer:  I speak on my own, not as AT&T.

It's easy enough for Apple to work with the Postal Inspector. Everyone who gets
a P.O. Box has to give a name(and sometimes a picture ID like a Drivers Licence)
So if they have not falisfied their info to the post office(which they most
likely did... :-( ) then they could track them down that way. I'm sure that
Apple's legal department is capable and intends to find the guilty anyway they
can. 

* I HOPE THE GUILTY ARE HUNG OUT TO DRY!!! *
I don't like Apple's pricing much myself, BUT this is not going to help any.
All that will be accopmlished is Apple spending more $$ to find and prosecute
those that let the source code out. Obviously this won't be cheap, which can
only( possibly ) be reflected in the bottom line... the prices of Apple's
products. Remember that if you want the finest, most comfortable, and classiest
automobile you buy a Bently turbo R not a Volkswagon!! Sometimes you have to
pay a premium to have the finest computer around. ( I know I have a 5 Meg MacII
myself :-) )


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