[Coco] Copyright

[gene heskett]

On Saturday, January 15, 2011 10:06:06 pm Allen Huffman did opine:

> Two cents... With so many 8-bit style and 80s retro games coming back
> and making money on cell phones and Xbox Live marketplace and Wii
> compilations, I can see why folks don't want to release "old" stuff.
> 
> Today you can still buy, new, Space Invaders (70s), Pac Mac, Frogger,
> etc.
> 
> And Zaxxon isn't owned by Datasoft/Tandy/Bjork. They just own the port
> they did with some kind of arrangement to allow distribution.
> 
>  I wonder if when the rights to distribute expire, it becomes illegal
> even for the author of the port to give out copies...?
> 
Chuckle.  But I wouldn't ask corporate for advice on that Allen, as they 
have no intention of ever letting a copyright expire. :(

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