Byte magazines: 1976 - 1986

On 8/31/2006 at 12:19 PM maynard at jmg.com wrote: Assuming the copyright holder or its assignee still exists, it probably is. Some (and I think the publishers of BYTE are one) do a tidy business in reprints from old issues and would take umbrage were you to post or distribute their content without permission. The question comes up quite frequently on music lists and the answer is always the same: If the material is currently covered by copyright---ASK the copyright owner. There's no substitute for permission. This extends to software, which enjoys the same term of protection that printed matter and recorded music does. Unilaterally declaring something as "abandonware" and posting it on the web or distributing copies without permission is illegal and is particularly odious if the owner can be easily located. Cheers, Chuck