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From: jonasf@kuling.UUCP (Jonas Flygare )
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: control over future actions
Message-ID: <14@kuling.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 08:15:47 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 18 08:15:47 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Dec-86 06:04:35 EST
Organization: Dep. of Computer Systems, Upsala University, Sweden
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	As I remember it:
	The case was about a person who had been copying programs, and
	selling them through ads in various magazines.
	He had been copying both games and utility programs.
	(spreadsheets/calc/etc)  The programs they could prove he copied
	were 2 (3?) games and one calc-program.
	Now, what happened was that the court found the games to be works
	of art, since they showed some degree of originality and artistic
	work, but the calc-program was merely doing mechanical repetition 
	and therefore was not a work of art. The result: It is not illegal
	to copy calc-programs in Sweden, but woe if You get caught copying
	games. There were rumors that some companies carried the case 
	further. If anyone knows, plz keep me informed (email).

	Various excuses about my grammar, (no time long see?)

	flax@suadb.UUCP or
	jonasf@kuling.UUCP.
	
	Which is:
	Jonas Flygare 
	Uppsala, Sweden.