kempf@tci.bell-atl.com (Cory Kempf) (10/10/89)
kleinow@caen.engin.umich.edu (leonard kleinow) writes: >As for the IM DA, I used to have a copy of it, and the text it contained >was exactly the text from Inside Macintosh. No where on the product was >it mentioned that the text was copyright Apple Computer, Inc. Has Apple >given him a license to put this text out and charge for it? Or are we >all paying $20 for what is essentially a "bootleg" of Inside Macintosh? Rumor time... I heard a couple of years ago that Apple/Addison-Wesley nailed the author for copyright violation (you do have to admit that it IS a word for word copy of the data in IM I-IV). The upshot being that (among other things), the product was no longer his, but belongs to Apple (or maybe A-W) now. +C -- Cory Kempf Technology Concepts phone: (508) 443-7311 x341 uucp: {anywhere}!uunet!tci!kempf, kempf@tci.bell-atl.com DISCLAIMER: TCI is not responsible for my opinions, nor I for theirs