IBM unit settles lawsuit with Cambex on use of leased mainframe computers
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IBM's credit subsidiary has settled a lawsuit it recently filed with Cambex Corp, in which it accused the company of misusing a leased mainframe computer. The suit is one of three filed by the giant computer manufacturer and is seen as an attempt by the company to crack down on the activity of its competitors, who often refit leased IBM machines. Camdex will pay an estimated $5.9 million under the settlement. The other two suits against Comdisco Inc and EMC Corp remain outstanding. The suit maintained that Camdex replaced memory microprocessors in the leased machines with its own products, illegally selling or leasing the IBM chips as upgrades to other machines. Before returning the mainframes to IBM, Camdex replaced the missing chips with different, but identical, IBM products.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1991
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Computer Associates sets 'template' for simplified software fee structure
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Computer Associates International Inc (CA), under a new contract, will allow Citicorp to pay a flat annual fee for world-wide use of CA's mainframe software. The usual pricing policy for software manufacturers' contracts, tier pricing, involves customers' paying more for the use of software running on more powerful mainframes, which can be used by more users. This policy has become unpopular with customers because they must cross-index their computers and their software, and because they have to pay for upgrades each time they work on more powerful mainframes or make their own mainframes more powerful. Software companies say that tier pricing is fair because their programs are like films in that if more people are using them, then the company should be paid more money.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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Limits placed on software duplication
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A US district court judge in Philadelphia ruled that users do not have an unrestricted right to duplicate copyrighted software. The ruling is likely to set a precedent in the area of intellectual property, which is an area that has not been extensively litigated. The ruling creates a narrow standard for fair-use of copyrighted software, but many questions still remain as to what constitutes a legitimate use of copying techniques. The decision appears to rule out the duplication of copyrighted software that is used for the commercial gain of the user or a third party. The decision is part of a case that began in 1985 in which Allen-Myland Inc, a company that modifies mainframe computers, filed an antitrust complaint against IBM.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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