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From: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Compute!'s Atari ST
Keywords: Going, going, GONE
Message-ID: <3166@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 27 Jun 88 01:22:06 GMT
References: <687@scbhq.UUCP> <3cdbea4e.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu>
Reply-To: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <3cdbea4e.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu> acn@caen.engin.umich.edu (Jon Brode) writes:
>
>I've heard that Compute! didn't allow BBS's to post software from the
>magazines disks. Now that they are no longer supporting the ST, will
>they allow us to post their old programs on Bulliten Boards? (or
>ftp'able archives...)
>
>Jon Brode  --  acn@caen.engin.umich.edu
>(Commander-in-Chief of the Atari forces at U of M)
> 
> 
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>    


My guess is: 'probably not'. They still own the copyrights to those programs,
which may prove to be of some value. A friend of mine once wrote a
computer game for Compute!, and he received royalties each time it was
converted to a different computer. The fact that Compute! and company no
longer support the ST does not totally eliminate the value of their
copyrights.

Of course, if Compute! published a written statement making all of their ST
programs public domain, then you would be perfectly correct to post them.
But if Compute! remains silent, I think the wisest choice of action is to
respect the original copyrights.

--Patrick Simon    mpsimon@phoenix.princeton.edu       6/26/88