17 Mar
2010
17 Mar
'10
4:24 a.m.
On 16 Mar 2010 at 20:06, Fred Cisin wrote:
There is NO argument possible to the explicit transfer
of IP rights.
Current US copyright is 95 years post mortem auctoris or 95 years
after publication for works still in copyright in 1978 (WTO URAA). I
don't think there was much software written before 1923, but I could
be mistaken.
So you have some time to wait.
Ask any musician about copyright and "abandonware". There are
publishers that have in their libraries scores that have been out of
print for 50 years with no intention of resurrecting them. Those
same firms will sue you for distributing copies that you've made
yourself.
You don't like it, get the law changed. I'm all for copyrights to
have the same terms and protections as patents.
--Chuck