The rights to WWIV BBS Software are purchased by WWIV Software Services from author Wayne Bell.
RemoteAccess BBS v2.52 is released. This is the first version of RemoteAccess 2.50 with revised copyright information based on the sale of RemoteAccess by Andrew Milner to Bruce F. Morse of Haverhill, MA.
Jack Rickard, editor of Boardwatch Magazine, sells its controlling company, One Inc. (which also runs the ISPCON trade shows) to Mecklermedia in a cash and stock deal worth 29ドル.5 million.
Source http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-329381.htmlJuly 31, 1998TeleGrafix Inc., makers of ProBoard BBS Software and designers of the RIPscrip BBS Graphics Protocol, purchase the rights to Searchlight BBS from Frank LaRosa of Searchlight Software.
September, 1998The Hornet Demo Archive, a collection of computer demos (demonstrations of programming and design ability) and music (MODs, XMs and other computer music formats) dating from the time of BBSes into the present day, officially announces it is closing.
October, 1998Hayes Microcomputer files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection for the second time.
October 12, 1998Penton Media, a century-old med-western press and trade show organization, purchases Mecklermedia Corporation, who had previously purchased Jack Rickard's Boardwatch Magazines on May 18th, 1998. The merger is estimated to be in the range of 274ドル million.
Source http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb1012-3.htmOctober 28, 1998President Clinton signs the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) into law, outlawing the reverse-engineering of any product with the intention of circumventing Copyright protection.