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Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 05:30:11 -0500
From: Rick Harmon <rharmo1@xxxxxxx>
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To: mgj@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Trading Programs & the law
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mgj@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> If anyone feels their own work was disclosed without permission, you may want
> to consider giving my attourney a call. He's a specialist in software
> intellectual property litigation, as well as how the internet works and how to
> find the pirate.
>
> He expressed a willingness to help anyone out in this matter. You can reach
> him at ...
>
> I use him to nail anyone I find illegally distributing my own code. In fact,
> the last settlement against a pirate was for $10,000. Now that all my code is
> registered with the US copyright office, any further claims will be for at
> least $100,000.
>
> Again, I dislike fraud and piracy as much as anyone. But there are appropriate
> ways to combat it. Let's keep this forum within the law. OK?
>
> - Mark Jurik
You, sir, are way out of line. Just whom do you think you are referring a matter
to which you are not a party to your attorney? If you have been personally damaged
by postings to this list, then by all means, contact your lawyer and let the
offending party have it with both barrels. Otherwise, butt out and mind your own
business.
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