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- March 11, 1992 Washington, DC - The Software Publishers Association (SPA)
- announced today that a settlement has been reached in a software copyright
- infringement suit with Melco Industries, Inc. The products involved in the
- suit were manufactured by WordPerfect Corporation, Microsoft Corporation,
- Lotus Development Corporation, and AutoDesk, Inc. The SPA, speaking on
- behalf of the manufacturers, cited instances of unauthorized copying of
- software.
-
- Based in Denver, Colorado, Melco Industries, Inc. cooperated fully with the
- manufacturers in providing an inventory of all of the commercial software
- then in use on all of its personal computers. Melco has agreed to a
- monetary settlement in the amount of $30,000. Melco has also agreed to
- stop using illegal copies, to institute formal procedures to prevent
- further illegal copying, and to purchase software only from authorized
- suppliers.
-
- In announcing the settlement, SPA Litigation Director Ilene Rosenthal,
- said, "Managers have a responsibility to monitor the way software is used
- in the corporate environment very carefully. The settlement we reached
- with Melco is yet another step in our continuing campaign against
- unauthorized corporate copying. "
-
- Since 1988, the Software Publishers Association has filed over 100 lawsuits
- on behalf of its members and obtained numerous search and seizure orders
- against businesses, computer dealers, bulletin board services, and
- educational institutions that have violated its members' copyrights. The
- SPA's anti-piracy hotline, 1-800-388-7478, accepts calls reporting
- software violations.
-
- The Software Publishers Association also has distributed free of charge
- self-audit materials designed to help businesses, government entities, and
- educational institutions manage their internal software practices. To
- obtain a copy of the SPA Self-Audit Kit and SPAudit, a software inventory
- management program, companies should write to:
-
- SPAudit
- Software Publishers Association
- 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700
- Washington, DC 20036
-
- The Software Publishers Association is the principal trade association of
- the personal computer software industry. Its 900 members represent the
- leading publishers in the business, consumer, and education software
- markets. The SPA has offices in Washington, DC, and Paris La Defense,
- France.
-
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