Dear Helen,
to your information a mail from MS & Co. I recieved as an answer on one
of my remarks on MS.
Gerhard

On Wed, 8 May 1996, Kevin J. Comerford wrote:

> Gerhard,
> Thanks for the note.  Bill Gates' famed efforts to license content are
> exclusively handled through Corbis Corporation, in Bellevue, Washington --
> down the road from Microsoft.  Corbis is  a spin-off company and not directly
> related to Microsoft.  However, we frequently have to bear the brunt of the
> bad Press Corbis generates.  I have been very pleased that Microsoft itself is
> very contientious about fair and equitable licensing of content.  In fact, the
> Consumer Products division that manages content for Encarta, Bookshelf and
> Cinemania, etc. are extremely concerned about correct licensing and have a
> veritable army of copyright administrators.
>
> regards,
>
> Kevin Comerford
>
>
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> Sent:         Wednesday, May 08, 1996 10:13 AM
> To:   Kevin J. Comerford
> Cc:   Multiple recipients of list MUSEUM-L
> Subject:      Re: Microsoft Access for Collections Managment
>
> Is Mr. Gates planning a similar project ? It seems he's buying the
> copyrights en masse !
>
> Regards from the Black Forest
> Gerhard Dangel-Reese
>
>