On 3 Oct 94 09:12am, Bruce Wilson wrote to George Pope:
BW> On 27 Sep 94 05:51pm, George Pope wrote to All:
GP>> I received, as a gift, a previously-used computer with software
GP>> already on the hard drive, including WP51 (My favourite!) ...
BW> UNLESS you also received ALL of the original disks and
BW> documentation for all that software, what you were given is now
BW> PIRATED software, the possession and use of which is in
BW> violation of the copyrights.
Bruce - all the software on my computer is bought, paid for and (where
applicable) registered. If I mail this fine device to you for no $$ - from
what you wrote above, as soon as you open the box YOU are a PIRATE?! (???)
Can you explain the legal 'reasoning' that causes this?
Nate Salsbury
... If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
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