Re: Old games and copyrights


Fri, 24 Mar 1995 03:16:21 GMT

Jeff M Lodoen (jlodoen@shell.portal.com) wrote:

: The only way these computer games will be PD is if the
: copyright owners release them. By the time they become
: public domain, by law, few will remember these games.

Isn't that pretty much the case with the game mentioned? I've never heard
of it myself, and it's likely many others can say the same.

True, the company has no obligation to release the game into PD, but it'd
be a nice gesture for fans, and it's not like they're making any money off
it now.

At the very least they could have offered an explanation for their refusal.