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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> US Copyright Office grants abandonware rights
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| What does this mean? Well, those retro games -- classic or otherwise --
>| that you can't seem to find anywhere can now be preserved without fear
>| of ramifications. Although it is still unlawful to distribute the old
>| games, free or otherwise, rarely do any abandonware cases go to court.
>| The ruling is more symbolic than anything, but a step in the right
>| direction.
> `----
>
> http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/23/us-copyright-office-grants-abandonware-rights/
>
> So my collection of ROM's is officially legal.
I don't quite understand this - if you already had a legit copy, then
it's okay, but if you haven't, then distribution is not legal anyway, so
what difference does this make to anything?
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
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