From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Aug 14 17:15:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA04516 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 17:15:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pinky.junction.net (pinky.junction.net [199.166.227.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA04507 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 17:15:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sidhe.memra.com (sidhe.memra.com [199.166.227.105]) by pinky.junction.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA11275 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 16:28:12 -0700 Received: from localhost (michael@localhost) by sidhe.memra.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA09431 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 17:12:06 -0700 Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 17:12:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Dillon To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISP's are being sued In-Reply-To: <199608142221.SAA08302@etinc.com> Message-ID: Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting 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 And if the ISP's ads say "free software included with each account" then they certainly appear to be claiming that they are giving out software that does not require additional payment by the user. In which case the ISP will get a nice letter asking for money and if they don't pay, they will be in court paying their lawyers lots of money. If anyone is doing this their only hope is to get legit fast and hope that they haven't been noticed yet. Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com