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From : MATT MUNSON
Date : Wed May 31 2000 12:32 pm

Apogee(r) Bans Negative Reviews?
Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 31, @01:39PM
from the now-thats-a-strange-clause dept.
An anonymous reader pointed out one of the
greatest concerns about UCITA[?]:it allows
software publishers to ban negative reviews of
their products. Apogee(r) has now done this. It
does give right to mention them or their
trademarks on BBSs or chat rooms (gee thanks!)
but not in any 'Negative Context', or in a way
that is negative for Apogee. So by criticizing
Apogee's license, am I defaming their trademark
and violating this license agreement? Isn't there
(oh I don't know) a bill of rights or something
that just might have precedence over this? Here
is the questionable document. I also must express
my distaste that Apogee has a trademark
on 'Pinball Wizards'(r) since I suspect
Townshend's late 60s composition probably came
before, oh I don't know PAC-MAN much less
Commander Keen(r). Is that saying something
negative about Apogee(r) again?
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