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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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