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- Date: 21 Oct 92 20:02:13 EDT
- From: Gordon Meyer <72307.1502@COMPUSERVE.COM>
- Subject: File 9--The CU in the News (from Info Week)
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- Information Week (Oct 5, 1992 p10) reports that AT&T is suing the New
- York Post for over $90,000 in unpaid long distance charges. The Post
- claims the charges stem from fraudulent use of its PBX system, but
- AT&T says that under current FCC regulations customers are responsible
- for all charges on calls placed from their telephones, period. There
- are 'rumblings' that a similar suit between AT&T and Mitsubishi is
- about to be settled.
-
- CONGRESS DECLARES SOFTWARE PIRACY A FELONY
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- The Software Copyright Protection Bill (S.893) has been sent to
- President Bush for his signature. The bill provides for prison terms
- of up to five years, and fines of up to $250K, for people convicted of
- infringing at least 10 copies of a copyrighted program or programs
- with a retail value of $2,500. This applies to both individuals and
- corporations. (Information Week Oct. 12, 1992 pg 16)
-
- MARSHALS GRAB COUNTERFEIT SOFTWARE
-
- According to Microsoft Corp., U.S. marshals in California and New
- Jersey have made the largest-ever seizure of unauthorized computer
- software, impounding more than 150,000 counterfeit copies of its
- MS-DOS operating system. The software retails for approximately $60 a
- copy, bringing the value of the seizure to more than $9 million.
- (From STReport #8.41)
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