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Canadian retailers agree not to rent software without permission from publishers.
Software Industry Report, February, 1996
The Washington, D.C.-based Software Publishers Association (SPA) has settled lawsuits against four Canadian software retailers for illegally renting SPA member software programs: Jumbo Software and Jumbo Software Guelph in Southwestern Ontario, and two Gametronics stores in Calgary. The lawsuits were on behalf of six SPA members: Broderbund Software, Living Books, Papyrus Design Group, Delrina, Intuit Inc. and Lucas Arts Entertainment. Another suit against Softwarehouse of Ontario is still pending.
Under the settlement, each store agreed not to rent software in the future without express written permission from the publisher, regardless of whether it is in the form of diskettes or on CD-ROM. Rental, as defined in the agreements with the defendants, refers to any...
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