[news.admin] Amiga Disk Backup

peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (05/18/88)

In article ... Daniel_Zenchelsky@rubbs1.UUCP (Daniel Zenchelsky) writes:
> We can make backups of the following software without you
> supplying an original:

Really?

> Fire Power, Crystal Hammer, Dark Castle (2 disks), Archon I, Shanghai...

For you news.admin people, the original message included about 15 lines of
programs, mostly copyrighted commercial programs.

> These are by no means all the disks we can copy (in fact we can copy
> almost all the disks on the market today.) If you have a disk that
> is not on the list, PLEASE, send us the disk and we will copy it.

I think this is a pretty flagrant violation of whatever sets of rules most
systems try to abide by. I know the FBI will see this, since uunet sends
them a tape, but what other action should be taken in the meantime?
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wisner@fenchurch.MIT.EDU (Bill Wisner) (05/19/88)

>                         I know the FBI will see this, since uunet sends
>them a tape..

Really?

..b