CYLau@UNCAMULT.BITNET (The Ultron) (03/04/89)
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 was not sold to another party when The WSM Group went under as the said package is not available elsewhere... however, it may have been turned back over to the author(s), so if we can get in contact with them to release the software to the public. If the copyright has NOT been turned over to the author or sold to a third party, then it may be assumed that it is now in the public domain and may be distributed freely... I also believe that if sufficient effort is used to determine the status of the copyright, we may assume without penalty that the work has entered the public domain... So, does anyone know the names/addresses/etc of the authors of Hyper C, any version?? or has the ability to check the legal status of the copyrights?? The said corporation has been defunct for at least 2-3 years now, so this may be difficult to do, but if we can find out, we may have a good excuse to have the ProDOS version of HyperC uploaded... Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The opinions expressed herein are Replies to: entirely my own, but they can be CYLau@UNCAMULT.BITNET yours for only $29.95 plus tax.* CYLau@UNCAMULT%UNCACDC.BITNET (* where applicable) or whatever is on the header) -------------------------------------------------------------------------