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From: RCH@cup.portal.com (Ric C Helton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Re: Financial aspects of new 8 bit software
Message-ID: <12865@cup.portal.com>
Date: 23 Dec 88 06:27:27 GMT
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An interesting point has been brought up... That of software no longer
offered by any company commercially.  What happens to these programs?
Obviously, the copyright doesn't just vanish...  Kit pointed out that some
pirate boards do a "service" by keeping older out-of-orint titles alive.
I am sure the copyright holder would have something to say about this.
Is there anything we can do to get out-out-print software placed in the
public domain, short of asking the author to tea? ;-) 

-Ric
RCH@cup.portal.com