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Re: Syndicomm processing update



"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message 
mJSdnXdw6-2Kc2zanZ2dnUVZ_tzinZ2d@comcast.com">news:mJSdnXdw6-2Kc2zanZ2dnUVZ_tzinZ2d@comcast.com...
> Why on earth would they care about the distribution of technical
> information on obsolete systems?
>
> It can't possibly be worth a lawyer's $300/hour...  ;-)

I used to think that way myself until someone explained that (from their 
point of view) companies *have* to defend *every* instance of copyright and 
license infringement. The moment they don't, it becomes a precedent and 
makes it that much harder for them to successfully take action again in the 
future.
-- 
Peter Watson
-- Write to MS-DOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible!  ;-)