Subj : Old DOS BBS Programs
To   : DaiTengu
From : Xerxes
Date : Thu Jun 16 2022 01:00:00

  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 ago (he passed away a couple of years ago).

He couldn't figure out who owned the IP/Copyrights to Commodore, so he just started 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, but then he got sued *again* by someone else saying they didn't own the rights either, 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 anything and basically owned the Commodore name and some of the tradmarks, mostly because 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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