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[Lionel Peterson]

--- Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 06:02:54PM -0700, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> 
> > Seriously, copyright laws do expire if not renewed, and if a
> product is
> > truely EOL, the owner will probably not renew the copyright.
> > 
> > *BLAMO* - freeware - right? (Asking, seems right to me, based on my
> > "Law & Order" legal studies ;^)
> > 
> > Of course, you will have to wait what, 17 years?
> 
> Err, first copyright laws do not expire ever.  Copyrights do expire
> though.  17 years is for patents (and that is with the extension I
> believe).  I don't remeber what copyrights are exactly.  But at a
> minimum for stuff owned by individuals rather than corporations, the
> term is at least life of the individual, without even having to
> register
> the copyright.  There are numerous books that explain the intricacies
> in
> lay terms for the benefits of artists and such.


All good points, thanks!

Lionel

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