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From: ggray@wpi.wpi.edu (Gary Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Hyper C posting
Message-ID: <1194@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 89 19:01:18 GMT
References: <890302050135.241114@UNCAMULT.BITNET>
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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In article <890302050135.241114@UNCAMULT.BITNET> CYLau@UNCAMULT.BITNET (The Ultron) writes:
>I finally found that article on copyrights after bankruptcy..  it seems
>that unless the copyright was purchase by another party or was turned
>back over to the author, the product covered under that copyright is
>essentially public domain (because there is no "owner" to initiate
>action for copyright infringement)...  We may assume that the copyright
>
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Also, if WSM went under chapter 11, and there were creditors, (i.e. they owed
others money) the copyright would have been turned over to the creditors.  In
this case, the creditors own the copyright and are thus the ones to talk to. 
There is also the possibility that the creditors would "sit" on the rights to
the program, which means that they won't give it away for free, but then again
they don't want to go to the trouble of accounting for the sales....

Well, that's how I think it goes.... I'm no lawyer (thank god ;-) ) so I can't
swear on the above, but I am quite sure that's right.