[Coco] [Color Computer] The ongoing Hot Coco saga

[Robert Emery]

As I see it, they do not know what they own copyrights to... If they don't know
that they own a copyright to something, how could they possibly hope to stop
anyone from creating a public archive of it. I don't think any court could side
with an "unknown" agreement. Their lawyer *might* (and I doubt it) send a c&d
order, but I doubt it could be enforced legally without written proof that they
own it, which if they had that you wouldn't be having this ongoing discussion.

They can't give permission because they don't know their own rights. Therefore
they can't deny permission either. She already suggested getting authors'
permission. I say just do it, and document your attempts to gain permission,
and see if a c&d appears, which I'd be surprised if it did.

cheers,
Bob

--- Michael Wayne Harwood <michael at musicheadproductions.org> wrote:

> For your perusal...
>  
> Regards,
> Michael Harwood
> 
> 
> 
> Miriam,
>  
> I do not understand.  You stated originally "We cannot give permission
> because we do not know what rights we obtained from the author when we first
> published.", and also stated "You could try and contact the original
> author.".
>  
><snip,snip> 
> 
> You could try to contact the original author. 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Miriam
> 


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 


Brought to you by the 6809, the 6803 and their cousins! 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ColorComputer/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    ColorComputer-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/