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Wednesday, March 6
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Copyrights
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ter, says a copyright notice is at
tached to all computer software the
lab checks out. In addition, when
checking out a copyrighted pro
gram, the user must sign a contract
indicating he has read and under
stands the copyright law. Two copies
of the contract are made. One is kept
by the user and the other by the lab.
Because the program user can
take the checked-out software off
the premises, Strader says the lab
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>yees can’t monitor the user.
‘ / It’s up to the student to read the
copyright law and abide by it,” he
says.
Since the LRD opened 2'/2 years
ago, about 15 to 20 people have been
caught copying, - but Hall suspects
most copiers are not caught.
John says, “Let me put it this way.
Everybody who owns a computer
here (Texas A&M) has about any
program they want.”
Bowles says, “I would be naive to
say there wasn’t any copying going
on.”
Strader says, “My gut feeling is
that there is a fair amount of copy
ing going on (at Texas A&M), but I
have no statistics to back it up. It’s a
personal opinion.”
Mike, a graduate business stu
dent, says one LRD employee of
fered to make him a copy of a $495
integrated spreadsheet program and
a $495 tax preparation package pro
gram for free.
Some copyrighted software is
copy protected, which means its in
ternal program is specialized so that
it cannot oe copied. Therefore, a
person must use a special copy-
breaking program to duplicate the
software.
The copy breakers are legal pro
grams that nave legitimate purposes.
For example, they can be used to
make a second, or back-up copy of a
program in case something happens
to the original.
Hall says other computer sof tware
is stolen outright from the LRD by
replacing the original disk with a
blank one.
The more complex a program is,
the more necessary programming
violates the copyright law.
Jack, a freshman electrical engi
neering major, says, “If you don’t
copy the manual, the program may
not do you any good unless you’re
real familiar with the program.”
Students cite high software prices
as the reason they and most people
they know copy.
"Normally, I wouldn’t do it, but
the programs are so expensive when
they break the $100 level,"Jacksays,
“They’re a little steep for anybody."
John says game programs are very
popular but not expensive enough
for him to worry about copying.
“If I wanted Zork or something,
I’d go out and pay $50 for that,” he
says. “But $500 is a different story."
If software companies would
lower prices, fewer people would
steal copyrighted programs, Jack
says. But because people do steal,
companies raise their prices, more
people steal and prices climb even
nigher.
“It’s kind of a vicious cycle,” he
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Big Event
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include visiting St. Joseph Hospital
patients and Leisure Lodge resi
dents, painting for the Rea Cross,
and working at Humana Hospital.
“We’re doing a lot for the elderly
this year — a lot of yard work and
repair work,” she said.
Members of Off-Campus Aggies
will wash fire trucks for the city of
Bryan as their project. OCA presi
dent Stacey Roberts said Briggs Hall
and Moore Hall also will help.
“It should be fun,” Roberts said.
“I can’t wait — I haven’t played with
fire trucks since I was a kid.”
Pena said project organizers get
ideas for some activities by telephon
ing Bryan and College Station city
councils, chambers of commerce and
churches. While most of the ideas
come from the organizers, some par
ticipants come up with their own
project ideas.
“A&M is the first college to do a
service project of this size,” Pena
said.
The committee sent letters to all
Southwest Conference schools tell
ing them about the program, she
said. As a result, Baylor University is
holding its first “big event” in
March.
After hearing about A&M’s pro-
f ram at a conference, Pennsylvania
tate University also started a pro
gram which will premiere in March,
Pena said.
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DATE: Monday February 25,-Tuesday March
TIME 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
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Volleyball Classic. A very special
intramural volleyball tournament
for your college intramural
program.
JOIN THE FUN
Read the information above and
sign up with your Intramural/Rec
reational Sport Department
today!
EVERYONE CAN PLAY
All students, staff and faculty are
eligible to compete. Winners
receive awards courtesy of the Ford
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