Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!sdcsvax!nosc!marlin!dobbs From: dobbs@marlin.UUCP (Lynn B. Dobbs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Magazine programs Message-ID: <923@marlin.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 11:39:20 EST Article-I.D.: marlin.923 Posted: Wed Jan 7 11:39:20 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 23:01:58 EST References: <8701051324.AA00521@ncsc.ARPA> <8211@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <811@uwmacc.UUCP> Reply-To: dobbs@marlin.UUCP (Lynn B. Dobbs) Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 23 In article <811@uwmacc.UUCP> oyster@unix.macc.wisc.edu.UUCP (Vicarious Oyster) writes: >In article <8211@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> appelbau@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU writes: >>Both START and Compute ST have copyrights on thier magazines and >>software. They are not public domain programs. > > So in the strictest sense, one cannot copy the programs onto magnetic >(or any other) media, even if one purchases the magazine? Compute! ST, at least, allows the original purchaser to create a backup disk for personal use. They ENCOURAGE it. The copyright notice printer on the disk label covers the exception to copying. The reality of the situation is, unless the material has copy protection, an individual can copy a disk as many times as he wants. Who is going to know or even care. The publishers don't want their business diluted by DISTRIBUTED FREE COPIES. They really don't give a rats if you make 200 backup copies for PERSONAL USE. -- dobbs@marlin.Nosc.ARPA noscvax!dobbs%marlin "An ADVENTURE is the result of bad planning." Admiral Richard E. Byrd --Lynn