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From: jventola@gis.net (Jim Ventola)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Fishwrap Closes (was: PC press finally notices Amiga buyout)
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 17:41:29 GMT
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On 29 Sep 97 16:00:31 +0500, Steven Folberg <rebbi@texas.net> wrote:
>>Donald Dalley <ab732@torfree.net> wrote:
>>: Since I didn't notice any other mention of this, here is a ZiffDavis
>>: article about Gateway 2000/Amiga ownership:
>
>>: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/zdnn/0926/zdnn0014.html
>
>> I havn't been able to get on zdnet since friday night, is there another site
>>that has press realease?
>
>> Btw: What happened to the 'Almost Daily Fishwrap'?
>
>Amazingly, disgustingly enough, the Fishwrap was shut down under threat of a
>lawsuit from MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They apparently
>own a copyright on "Fishwrap" as a name for some software product, and they
>sent Colin Thompson, the Almost Daily Fishwrap's webmaster a "lawyer letter"
>threatening legal action if the site wasn't shut down.
>
>Unbelievable, but true. As if this Amiga web site was some kind of threat to
>MIT!!
>
I recently saw some email from Colin Thompson saying he is retiring
from public life and no longer use the Amiga. Is there some
connection? It is a shame, though.