19 Mar
2008
19 Mar
'08
2:37 a.m.
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:27:00 -0600, woodelf wrote:
Fred Cisin wrote:
> yes, the "true" ownership is often not
the current availability.
> Occasionally, a company will go ahead and explicitly move stuff to public
> domain. Unfortunately, many will never do that, and a significant part of
> what is available to us relies on the owner of the copyright not giving a
> shit. There is a popular [FALSE] myth that "abandonware" automagically
> becomes public domain.
But if it is TRUE abandonware would you have a
copywrite if you have no company?
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> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
In the case of very hard to prove "true" abondonware, the rights reverts back to
the author, photographer
or artist of the origional work. The only person who has any residual claim is the
origional creator.
The idea that someone thinks they have a claim to an unauthorized scan or copy is
delusional and not
founded in fact or for that matter any law I am aware of.
FYI: Here in the US copyright is implied on everything published unless stated othewise.
The silly (c) copyright statement is not necessary, recomended but not required.
Bob