werner@molokai.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig) (06/01/89)
In article <31668@apple.Apple.COM>, jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson) writes: > 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. what strikes me as odd is that this would seem to imply that ShareWare (the way we know it and handle it) would cause loss of CopyRight. also, we know from the world of professional journals, the instructions that "CopyRight ACM; you may copy for non-profit as long as this Copyright notice is included". nowhere is there anyone keeping track of copies being created and I doubt that the CopyRight is being lost. I'm not saying that I know "which end is up", only that all of this strikes me as "odd" ... but then, a lot of government edicts do! :-) PS: BTW, I get lots of cost-free untracked and untrackable paper publications and software, all of which are CopyRighted. There can't be that many people who are living a dream ... then there is music and film and pictures, and think of TV and radio emissions without any control or registration of the recipients; no CopyRights lost there either. I think there are too many overcautious legal eagles around who believe that saying NYET is the only safe way to avoid getting "pregnant" ..... that attitude can ruin your whole day! :-) -- --------------------------> please send REPLIES to <------------------------ INTERNET: uhrig@mcc.com (if unavailable: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu) UUCP: ...<well-connected-site>!milano!werner ALTERNATIVE: werner@astro.as.utexas.edu OR werner@utastro.UUCP
LaserMan@cup.portal.com (Bob LaserMan Murrow) (06/03/89)
I was under the impression that the record keeping requirements from Apple concerned the OS and its not being allowed export to certain countries. The files that I have to post spend far more time on that than the copyright. But then I could be wrong...smile....naw. Bob Murrow Sysop PhoenixII & IIa 408-252-6801 & 253-3926 Cupertino,ca 400 Megs online, no fee, full Fido Echo support.