From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Aug 14 15:50:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA01420 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:50:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA01412 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:50:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA06576; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:49:50 +1000 (EST) Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:49:48 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: Dennis cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISP's are being sued In-Reply-To: <199608142221.SAA08302@etinc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Dennis wrote: > As for shareware, I dont see how Trumpet could sue for distributing the > product, as the goal of shareware is to get wide-distribution. The product > clearly displays the shareware message when your run it...it is the end-users > responsibility to pay the user fee, unless of course the ISP implies that they > would foot the bill in exchange for signing up with them As reported in {The Australian} the actual case of Trumpet International Software vs Ozemail hinged on the distribution of copies of Trumpet Winsock in an Ozemail trial disk bundled in a magazine. Trumpet had prior warning of the distribution and specifically asked Ozemail to pay or refrain. Ozemail went ahead with the distribution anyway, so Trumpet filed suit. Danny