Settlement Announced In Corporate Copyright Infringement Suit Against
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

June 14, 1993 (Washington, DC) -- The Software Publishers Association (SPA)
and Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. (Pirnie), a national environmental engineering
firm, jointly announced today that a settlement has been reached in a
software copyright infringement suit filed against Pirnie by six computer
software publishers in the United States District Court in White Plains,
New York.

In announcing the settlement, Ilene Rosenthal, the SPA's General Counsel,
said, "Managers have a responsibility to monitor very carefully the way
software is used in the corporate environment. The action against Malcolm
Pirnie, Inc. is yet another step in our continuing campaign against
unauthorized corporate copying."

"Malcolm Pirnie has always had a policy against using unauthorized computer
software," said Paul L. Busch, President and CEO of Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
"We have spent millions of dollars for commercial software and have always
strived to meet licensing requirements.

Unfortunately, well-intentioned individuals, in the name of expedience,
installed programs without verifying that the corresponding licenses were
in place. We have agreed to monitor more actively the software programs
installed on our more than 800 computers."

The lawsuit was filed on February 5, 1992. Pirnie cooperated fully with the
plaintiffs in providing an inventory of commercial software that had been
installed on all of its personal computers. Pirnie agreed to settle the
plaintiff's copyright claims against it on terms that include a payment of
$150,000 to the SPA. The company also agreed to the entry of a permanent
injunction prohibiting the unauthorized copying of software in the
future.

Since 1988, the Software Publishers Association has initiated hundreds of
lawsuits and audits on behalf of its members and obtained numerous search
and seizure orders against businesses, computer dealers, bulletin board
services, and educational institutions that have violated its members'
copyrights. The SPA's anti-piracy hotline, 1-800-388-7478, accepts calls
reporting software violations.

The Software Publishers Association also distributes free of charge
self-audit materials designed to help businesses, government entities, and
educational institutions manage their internal software practices. To
obtain a copy of the SPA Self-Audit Kit and SPAudit, a software inventory
management program, companies should write to:

SPAudit
Software Publishers Association
1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20036

The Software Publishers Association is the principal trade association of
the personal computer software industry. Its 1,000 members represent the
leading publishers in the business, consumer, and education software
markets. The SPA has offices in Washington, DC, and Paris, France

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