Re: Old DOS BBS Programs
By: DaiTengu to MRO on Wed Jun 15 2022 11:31 am
MR>> and the guy that claims to own the rights to majorbbs doesn't own
MR>> the rights. ---
Da> Is this story documented anywhere? I love me some good old-timey BBS
Da> drama, but don't want to put someone through having to explain it all to
Da> me.
I don't know - but it reminds me of the guy who ran Commodore USA a few years ag
o (he passed away a couple of years ago).
He couldn't figure out who owned the IP/Copyrights to Commodore, so he just star
ted selling Commodore branded stuff until somebody sued him (and they did).
What's crazy is he worked out a licencing deal with the company that sued him, b
ut then he got sued *again* by someone else saying they didn't own the rights ei
ther, they were a licencee that couldn't sub-licence.
When the dust settled from the lawsuits, I don't think he had to pay anybody any
thing and basically owned the Commodore name and some of the tradmarks, mostly b
ecause nobody used them in a long time and he called dibs.
So yea, appearantly you can just claim to own something until someone sues you,
lol.
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