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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: minatorb on March 14, 2005, 10:44:58 PM
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The US governmant is having a discussion on "orphan works" or abandon-ware. Which is works (not just software) where the copyright owner is difficult or impossible to trace.
This applys a lot in the Amiga world where a lot of existing software companies have long since ceased to exist. If assets are not sold at closing down auctions who owns them?
The EFF have put a website up about this here where you can give your comments to the US Copyright Office.
http://www.orphanworks.org/ (http://www.orphanworks.org/)
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minatorb wrote:
The US governmant is having a discussion on "orphan works" or abandon-ware. Which is works (not just software) where the copyright owner is difficult or impossible to trace.
This applys a lot in the Amiga world where a lot of existing software companies have long since ceased to exist. If assets are not sold at closing down auctions who owns them?
The EFF have put a website up about this here where you can give your comments to the US Copyright Office.
http://www.orphanworks.org/ (http://www.orphanworks.org/)
Many if not most of the Amiga software titles were English and European products, so this wouldn't really help us much I don't think.
The two US companies that come to mind are EA and Newtek, and both are still alive and well.
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Do you mean this? http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45830
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Many if not most of the Amiga software titles were English and European products, so this wouldn't really help us much I don't think.
It would clarify the situation in the US. It doesn't matter where the software is from originally.
Do you mean this? http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45830
That refers to the start of this process.