Re: The net as an aid to infringement

From: Peter P Donovan <ppd+[_at_]pitt.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 16:25:10 -0500 (EST)

Excerpts from mail: 25-Mar-94 The net as an aid to infrin.. Paul Filmer

> Fellow copyrighters:
>
> I pass along an edited example of a note I received that I believe might
> infringe a copyright, and possibly a patent.
>
> While the story may be amusing (but possibly also apocryphal) I think this
> provides a good example of the net providing an easy medium for
> infringement..........

While I do not dispute your main arguement that the Internet greatly facilitates infringing activities, I must state that the cookie story is indeed apocryphal. It is an urban legend that has been floating around for at least eight years. I first heard it with Mrs. Fields as the villian baker. I have since heard it in various permutations -- most recently on a weekly American Public Radio program called "Whaddaya Know?"

Here is how to tell that it is a fake :-) ------->

Excerpts from mail: 25-Mar-94 The net as an aid to infrin.. Paul Filmer

> >Have fun!!! This is not a joke --- this is a true story..

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Peter Donovan * Networked Information Services Group                      

Email: ppd+@pitt.edu * Phone:(412)624-9179 * Fax:(412)648-7887 487 Hillman Library * Univ. of Pittsburgh * Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Received on Sat Mar 26 1994 - 00:43:07 GMT