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From: demarco@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Vince Demarco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Hyper C posting
Summary: Hyper C copyright
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Date: 4 Mar 89 23:57:15 GMT
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In article <1194@wpi.wpi.edu>, ggray@wpi.wpi.edu (Gary Gray) writes:
> 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
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 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.

Right and Wrong- under chapter 11, the author of the program is usually
offered the option of buying back the copyright to his program before the
creditors have at it...  However, if the author decides he doesn't want the
copyright back, THEN and only then do the creditors get it...  I suppose one
could check the copyright registry to find out the status of the copyright
(Anyone care to do that for us?) and then contact the owner of it..

Chris (posting from a friend's account)

Disclaimer-> I'm a Canadian, if I got it right its because I know more about
your own country than you do, if I didn't, then it doesn't matter cuz I'm a
Canadian and I don't have to know your laws... :-)

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