jm@tekig.UUCP (Jeff Mizener) (04/27/84)
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Welcome to Chapter 2 of "Young Man Starts a Potentially Troublesome Business".
As you will recall, young Tim Ebling (my friend) is offering a service
to subscribers of "Compute!", "Antic" and "ANALOG"; he types all the
programs in each months issue of those three magazines onto a disk,
and sells it to you. A number of you have contacted me and suggested that
I advise him that there may be some copyright issues here. Well, there
are, and we have discussed it with a lawyer, and here is Tim's response:
" I realize that there have been many misunderstandings of
exactly what is illegal and what isn't. I've checked with a
number of lawyers, and they have agreed that what I'm doing
is legal as long as the buyer owns the issues included on the
disk. With each order, I send a 'certification sheet' with
which the buyer certifies that s/he owns those issues. Remember,
what I'm doing is strictly a typing service; I respect all the
copyright laws for the magazines and the software. I have no
intention of piracy.
Also, due to the higer than expected costs of mailing, a single
Magazine Disk costs $5.50 and a 12 month subscription costs $65.
Thanks for your concern,
Tim Ebling
Magazine Disk
1501 River Loop #1
Eugene, OR 97404
(503) 688-6872 "
Well, there you have it. Right form the entrepreneurial source.
If you have an Atari machine, you might give him a try. IF you own
those magazines, however. I think it'd be worth $5.50 to have someone
else type all that stuff in for me.
CAVEAT: My employer (Tektronix) does not endorse the above service;
I am supplying this information as a public service. It is
my opinion only. (I think he's a smart kid with a bright future).
____________________
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing,
Jeff Mizener / Tektronix ADG / Beaverton, OR
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