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TECHNOLOGY - March 4, 1992

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Jenny Craig, Hahn Admit Illegal Use of Software: The two firms admitted using illegally copied software in their day-to-day operations and have settled possible allegations of copyright infringement. Hahn, a San Diego-based developer, disclosed that it had reached a settlement regarding software copyright infringement with the Software Publishers Assn., an industry trade group based in Washington. Jenny Craig, a national chain of weight control centers, said it purchased 1,200 IBM-compatible personal computers in recent years without purchasing operating systems for the machines. To bring the machines into compliance, Jenny Craig recently purchased at least 1,200 copies of the operating system from Microsoft Corp.

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