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From: gammal@CAM.ORG (Michael Gammal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: copyrights (was: Rastan and Bouncing Bluster help)
Message-ID: <1990Oct6.060648.1929@CAM.ORG>
Date: 6 Oct 90 06:06:48 GMT
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gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:

>In article <113339@tiger.oxy.edu> prophet@oxy.edu (Dale Bruce LaFountain) writes:
>>P.S.  Has anyone discovered the true status of all these 'classic'
>>][+/e/c programs?  Has their copyright worn out?  I don't see a
>>problem with distributing them, since none of them are being SOLD
>>any longer.

>All copyrights on programs for home computers in the U.S.A. are still
>in effect and will be for quite a while.  The owners retain their
>rights in the programs, whether or not they are offered for sale.

>Some "out of print" games eventually get reissued in special bargain
>packages.  Occasionally, as with Sierra On-Line's "Mystery House",
>the owner may even decided to release it into the public domain.
>Unless specifically released into the public domain, distribution of
>the "classics" infringes on the legitimate rights of their owners.

Does this also apply to Canada?

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Michael Gammal		Concordia University		gammal@Altitude.CAM.ORG