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There is nothing per se illegal about SCO's distribution of invoices. It may be presumptuous but not necessarily illegal. It is consistent with SCO's view that it owns the copyrights to some of the code embedded in Linux and various related open source products and that distributors and users must formally license, and pay a licensing fee, to use the affected systems and applications.
While individuals and companies may believe that SCO's claims are without merit, it will likely take one or more judicial decisions concerning some of the pivotal issues before state Attorneys General will take notice of SCO's actions. Having said this, if users of SCO products have received notices that are inconsistent with the terms of any agreement that they have with SCO, these companies and individuals may have some recourse, perhaps based on a theory that SCO is engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices.
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