@Jettah,
I don't think you understand the purpose of copyright.
It is to give a creator a chance to make money off their original creations AND to consider the needs of society as a whole...copyrights in most every country have expiration dates. The purpose is NOT to prevent society from benefiting from those creations...but in fact, to ensure that it does transition to the public domain someday.
That is the other side of the coin, the needs of the creator versus the needs of society. In exchange for a period of copyright, there will eventually be public ownership.
If there is no company any longer benefiting from the copyright, and if they are no longer pursuing the copyrights, then they slip into the public domain earlier...than they would have otherwise gone to the public domain.
Actually, now I'm talking about copyright, and I think we meant registered trademarks, which is a different thing, except I will say this too....they also can slip into the public domain if they aren't defended. This is good, and the right way...if they aren't needed as trademarks anymore, the needs of society are then more important.
there is absolutely nothing wrong or sinister about it, it isn't stealing from the defenseless as you state. Its just that Amiga Inc. is essentially defunct. And besides these people aren't harming Amiga, Inc.
