Copyright Issues

From: Mick Walker (mwalker_at_codegurus.org)
Date: 11/23/04

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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:34:11 +0000

    Hi all,

    Sorry if this post is off topic.
    Last night me and a few friends decided to go for a few quiet drinks
    after playing football for a few hours. For this we choose a little pub
    in the village of Yarm (Close to Middlesbrough in the north east of the
    UK), the name does escapes me at this time, but I believe it had some
    reference to a 'Ox' in the title.

    Now, getting to the point, I was shocked when I went into the toilet
    facilities in the pub, and found one of those vending machines that sell
    novelty items of a sexual nature, featuring on the design something that
    looked remarkably similar to the BSD Daemon.
    Having my camera cell phone with me, I took a few snaps which are
    located here:
    http://codegurus.org/~mwalker/Image045.jpg
    http://codegurus.org/~mwalker/Image046.jpg
    http://codegurus.org/~mwalker/Image047.jpg
    http://codegurus.org/~mwalker/Image049.jpg
    http://codegurus.org/~mwalker/Image050.jpg

    The company that supplies these vending machines is called Naughty Vend
    (http://www.naughtyvend.com/). I have checked their site, and I find no
    reference to and copyright credits to the original artist. To the best
    of my knowledge, the BSD Daemon is copyrighted by Marshall Kirk
    McKusick.
    Is this a case of copyright theft? As obviously they are a profit making
    company. Or have i got totally the wrong end of the stick.

    Mick Walker
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